student and claim they don t have masks. i want to go back to firing teachers if they don t show up. is there any indication lori lightfoot has stiffened her stance on this. would that firing come from her or should we hear that kind of recommendation coming from the president of the united states and potentially his wife, who is a very outspoken education advocate? the call should come from the president. unlike reagan with air traffic, he doesn t have direct control. the mayors would have to execute it. the idea that 75% of the teachers voted not to return. it s ridiculous. go back to march 2020. we had no vaccine, no clinics. grocery clerks showed up to work. we wouldn t have had food if grocery clerks didn t show up. they decided they were essential workers. are teachers considered to be essential workers or not?
are you firing teachers? we already said to all the unions we ll start negotiation this is week on the issues like that. we re going to work through the penalties. there will be consequences. our goal is to get people there. we re going to figure out best way to convince people that this is the right time to do it. the president s right. we now have that fda approval on pfizer. that s a game changer. it s the right time for all adults who work with our kids to get vaccinated, period. this is just this is such a clear moment. do you have any concern and back dwrup plan if you have a lot of teachers who opt out of getting vaccinated?
if people educate themselves, they ll learn about the movement of black lives. people have spent over a year working on policies to talk about reparations, to talk about resources, to talk about all these different things that are going to improve our conditions in our community. you know you just messed up, right, you said the r word, reparations. [ laughter ] there s white people watching right now. no! that s a scary word. how do we approach that? how do we make that less scary, you know? it isn t about black people getting a huge check. and you know that skit that dave chappell did, right? that s not reparations. reparations is investment. what we re saying, if we have proper housing, proper education, access to food, access to mental health care, that s the way you fight back against, you know, violence, not hiring more police and firing teachers. that s not how you do it. you do things that are going to support and help people thrive and have a high quality of life. they
that black lives matter only cares about police violence against black bodies. if people educate themselves, they ll learn about the movement of black lives. people have spent over a year working on policies to talk about reparations, to talk about resources, to talk about all these different things that are going to improve our conditions in our community. you know you just messed up, right, you said the r word, reparations. [ laughter ] there s white people watching right now. no! that s a scary word. how do we approach that? how do we make that less scary, you know? it isn t about black people getting a huge check. that s not reparations. reparations is investment. what we re saying, if we have proper housing, proper education, access to food, access to mental health care, that s the way you fight back against, you know, violence, not hiring more police and firing teachers. that s not how you do it. you do things that are going to support and help people thrive and have a hi