Racist runs for school board

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He says he's neither a Democrat nor a Republican, and according to his platform, he's a low-taxes local-government-firster. He talks about how the Park Hill School District gets 4 percent of its funds from the federal government and he complains about the federal rules that come with it — not worth it, he says, the kind of answer that resonates with many a libertarian and tea partier.

There's just one problem with this would-be golden boy, and it's summed up by the four words The Pitch found on Stephens' personal Twitter account: "Race is the matter."

"We celebrate, and have celebrated for many years, a history month in our school district that is dedicated specifically to the accomplishments and the standards of the black race," Stephens, who is white, says. "Yet there is no month dedicated to the history and the advancement of the white race. That, to my mind, is abusive."

There's also too much emphasis, according to Stephens, on Native American history in the schools. "We should focus more as a district on programs that are going to focus on, basically, the white men that founded this country and built this country," he says.

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