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Williams Snubs Tredinnick in Black History Month Statement, Sparks Outcry

Williams [Photo: Alan Gloss]
The February 19, 2025, Prince William County School Board meeting devolved into a shouting match between board members Loree Williams of Woodbridge and Erica Tredinnick of Brentsville. Williams refused to acknowledge Tredinnick as a black woman as part of her Black History Month statement.

Williams acknowledged the race of other black school board members but purposefully left out Brentsville representative Erica Tredinnick, a black Republican. Her efforts had the unintended consequence of displaying why identity politics is so divisive. Prince William GOP posted on X after the meeting, “Guess [Tredinnick] isn’t ‘Black enough’ in [Williams’] mind. This is the left’s identity politics at work: it’s not about representation, it’s about control.”

Williams touted the division’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts over the years, and vowed to push a DEI agenda within the school system. Her words come as the U.S. Department of Education has ordered an end to DEI practices, stating, “pervasive and repugnant race-based preferences and other forms of racial discrimination have emanated throughout every facet of academia” on February 1, 2025.

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