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A school district administrator in California has sparked outrage for stating she believes 'privileged White voices' should not be involved in establishing lessons. 

According to reports, Sarnia Shoman with the San Mateo Union High School District sent an email in 2021 to the California State superintendent, Tony Thurmond, arguing against proposed changes to the ethnic studies curriculum. 

'We urge the [state board of education] not to give in to the pressures and influences of political lobbyists, racist & privileged white voices, and individuals,' she said in the email, according to Fox News Digital. 

The changes put forward included Jewish-American studies and curriculum that would have brought in 'multiple perspectives.' 

'The proposed revisions privileges terms like "multiple perspectives," "diversity," "all students" and "broad range of groups" undermining the primary focus on the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, people of color) communities that compose over 80 percent of California's student population,' Shoman wrote in the email. 

The email, sent around the time the State Board of Education approved the Ethnic Studies Curriculum, was obtained via a public record request by Zachor Legal. 

The educator continued, allegedly calling for a more extreme ethnic studies curriculum, specifically pertaining to the Black Lives Matter movement. 

'[E]ven in the African American lesson on the Black Lives Matter movement, which is a direct response white supremacy fails to call out and analyze racism and systemic oppression,' she said in the email. 

She also urged against changes that would include Jewish-American studies. 

According to one outlet, Shoman is the co-coordinator of the Middle East Children Alliance's Teach Palestine initiative. 

The pro-Palestine advocate said she wholeheartedly disagreed with the choice to categorize Jewish people under the Asian American and Pacific Islander categories.

'This is grossly inaccurate, and has no institutional history,' she said. 

Shoman is responsible for overseeing the district's English learner and academic support programs. According to her bio on the district's website, she is a California native with 'Palestinian roots.' 

'I have dedicated my career in public education to promoting racial and social justice in the classroom and broader educational organizations and space I work in,' the educator's bio says. 

The woman also works in ethnic, guided, and family engagement studies and has a B.A. in Political Science and an M.A. in Education from San Francisco State University. 

'I see my role as visioning and advocating for the continuous improvement of the programs that serve our most vulnerable, but resilient,

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