Legislators in Jefferson County are calling for the resignation of the JCPS Chief Equity Officer, Dr. John Marshall, following what they call "reckless speech inciting hatred based on skin color," stemming from a post Marshall made on X. The letter calling for his resignation says that Marshall stated in the X post addressing students, Regardless of the rooms, meetings, classes, etc., youre in, know THE MAJORITY of whites could care less about you & have no issues harming you.The letter from legislators said, "This is an outrageously inflammatory public statement for anyone in a civilized society to make, but such speech is protected by the First Amendmentfor a private citizen." The letter continued saying, "As an officer of the government, speaking in an official capacity at taxpayer expense, such reckless speech inciting hatred based on skin color should be grounds for immediate termination."The letter adds that Dr. Marshall's X account has "numerous divisive statements," and that the post being referred to in the letter was not an "isolated incident."The group of legislators says that if Marshall does not tender his resignation, they will call upon the JCPS Board and/or Superintendent to terminate his employment.The letter was signed by: Jared Bauman, State Representative, Jefferson 28 Kevin Bratcher, State Representative, Jefferson 29 Emily Callaway, State Representative, Jefferson 37 Ken Fleming, State Representative, Jefferson 48 John Hodgson, State Representative, Jefferson 36 Jason Nemes, State Representative, Jefferson 33 Susan Tyler Witten, State Representative, Jefferson 31 Julie Raque-Adams, State Senator, Jefferson 36 Lindsey Tichenor, State Senator, Jefferson 06 Matt Deneen, State Senator, Jefferson 10 Mike Nemes, State Senator, Jefferson 38 Adrienne Southworth, State Senator, Jefferson 07 Aaron Reed, State Senator-Elect, Jefferson 07 Chris Lewis, State Representative-Elect, Jefferson, 29