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Bronx principal with white supremacist ties fired
By Todd Johnson
12:20 PM on 08/02/2011
Bronx school principal: 'Diversity is a weakness'
New York, NY - A Catholic elementary school principal with ties to a white supremacist publication has been fired, the New York Archdiocese said Tuesday.
Frank Borzellieri, who previously served as a high school English teacher, is the author of several books, including 2004's Don't Take It Personally: Race, Immigration Crime and Other Heresies, in which he declared diversity a "weakness," according to the New York Daily News.
The New York Archdiocese launched an internal review after a published report detailed Borzellieri's controversial views on multicultural education, Martin Luther King, Jr. literature and his efforts to remove an openly gay teacher and activist from a Queens public school.
The Archdiocese's statement said Borzellieri had been fired because "many of his opinions" were deemed "incompatible with the philosophy and practices of Our Lady of Mount Carmel School and with Catholic schools throughout the Archdiocese."
A blog bearing Borzellieri's name, describes his views as "a libertarian, Eurocentric, conservative perspective...blasting the hypocrisy of liberals and the cowardice of politically correct so-called conservatives."
He was hired as principal in 2009 by Rev. Fr. Eric Rapaglia, who told the Daily News he was aware of Borzellieri's views, but thought much of it was "valuable and logical and reasonable."
Borzellieri served as a board member in a Queens school district from 1993-2002. During his tenure, he tried to ban multiculturalism and bilingual education. In 1995, he became involved with American Renaissance and began contributing articles.
http://www.thegrio.com/news/bronx-principal-with-white-supremacist-ties-fired.php