Many U.S. school district leaders released public statements describing their commitment to addressing racism in the summer of 2020. Using computational text analysis, I identify three racial equity frames in the statements. Racial equity frames, or ways organization leaders think they should publicly discuss racism, align with commitments to different organizational approaches to addressing racial equity. The “Bad Apples” frame portrays racism as something caused by individual bad actors which can be remedied by enforcing existing rules and structures. The “Let’s Talk” frame portrays racism as confusing and inscrutable and something that can be combatted by talking and learning about racism. While the “Bad Apples” frame supports the status quo and the “Let’s Talk” frame suggests mostly performative changes, statements using the “All Hands on Deck” frame suggest some leaders have taken and/or planned to take significant steps to address racism in their districts, breaking with past organizational norms. These frames vary by the partisan leaning and income level of the districts’ communities, suggesting students receive different messages about race and racism based on who lives in the community where they attend school. This research raises important questions about the perceived role of public schools in disrupting inequity and offers insight into the subsequent, on-going backlash against efforts to address issues of race and disrupt racism in schools and other kinds of organizations.