Michelle Obama’s older brother, Craig Robinson, and his wife, Kelly Robinson, are suing their sons’ former school after the duo was expelled, in quick succession, following the Robinsons voicing concerns over the institution’s alleged racial bias. ABC News reports the couple, who lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has lodged a lawsuit against the pre-kindergarten private school, the University School of Milwaukee.
“We’re moving forward with this for a couple of reasons. We want to hold University School of Milwaukee accountable not just to our two children who they retaliated against, but more importantly, there’s a whole community of people who are out there that we wouldn’t feel right if this happened moving forward,” Craig Robinson explained during an appearance on “Good Morning America.” He added, “The third reason is, this needs to stop and change, and this will help all students at the University School of Milwaukee.”
According to CBS News, the Robinsons’ sons were prevented from re-enrolling after their parents raised concerns over the treatment of students of color, as well as those from different socio-economic backgrounds, which the couple argued were not properly addressed in-house, as they were initially promised in the school’s enrolment contracts. These issues came to the fore when the children were studying at home during the pandemic.
USM claimed the Robinsons consistently breached their school guidelines by engaging in a pattern of “disrespectful and demanding communications with and about our teachers and administrators.”
