RED WING, Minn. – Red Wing’s red-faced Powers-Who-Be have invited Attorney General Keith Ellison to speak after an invitation for him to speak at a Black History Month event in February was cancelled inexplicably. The new event: May 3 at 11 a.m. at Twin Bluff Middle School. The high school Black Student Union will moderate the event. The original invitation was cancelled by Bob Jaszczak, the school district superintendent. who is white. Jaszczak expressed concern about racial unrest if Ellison, who is black, were to address a high school assembly. There turned out to be no substantiation for the superintendent’s concern. The new invitation was extended by the Red Wing Community Education, the High School Black Student Union, the League of Women Voters, the American Association of University Women, the Fair Trade bookstore, and the Southeast Minnesota Labor Council.
Ellison profile
Keith Ellison is in his second term as the state’s attorney general — one of five state government executives elected statewide. He served eight terms in the U.S. Congress. Earlier he was a state legislator. He was deputy chair of the Democratic National Comittee from 2017 to 2018.