This must be the “right side of history” that I keep hearing so much about.

Isaac Newman teaches social science in Elk Grove, California. Like most California public school teachers, he’s been forced to join a union.

But when Newman tried to run for a position on its executive board, he was told that his skin was the wrong color.

That board seat was reserved for ‘BIPOC’ people. Which is to say non-white people. Or more specifically, black, Indians, Latinos, Asians and Muslims.

“My union barred me from a leadership position simply because of the color of my skin,” Newman pointed out. “This kind of racial litmus test is illegal and unamerican that’s why I’m taking them to court.”

The union responded with a statement claiming that, “this appears to be a lawsuit backed by an outside extremist group to sow fear and division in our community. We haven’t seen the details; but our priority continues to be our students and community.”

Since the lawsuit has been made public, the details are out there. And if a teachers’ union has the students as its priority, that would make it the first such union in the nation. Perhaps the world.