The Miami-Dade School Board has narrowed down the list of applicants to just three candidates who could be the next superintendent of the school district. The.
The Miami-Dade County School Board is moving ahead with its rapid search to find a new superintendent, over the objections of community groups calling for a national search. On Tuesday, board members narrowed down the candidate pool to three finalists.
Two teachers have been fired from the New York City school system for refusing to do the “Wakanda salute.” Pictured: “Black Panther” actress Sydelle Noel, center, is among those performing the salute at the film’s world premiere Jan. 29, 2018, in Hollywood. (Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney)
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Douglas Blair is an administrative assistant at The Heritage Foundation and a graduate of Heritage s Young Leaders Program.
Two veteran educators from the Bronx were fired recently for the simple act of refusing to do the “Wakanda salute,” a gesture from the popular superhero movie “Black Panther.”
The gesture of Marvel Comics’ fictional African nation of Wakanda has been co-opted as a symbol of black power, like the raised fist iconography used extensively beginning in the 1960s by the militant Black Panthers.