Black History Is Missing In U.S. History Education 1 hour ago cuatower
By Lauren Seliga
You’re sitting in 9th-grade history class learning about the American Civil Rights Movement
again. The sixth, seventh, and eighth-grade history classes covered the movement too. When is the American Revolution going to be taught? When will you learn about all of the achievements of white figures like John D. Rockefeller, Susan B. Anthony, or Thomas Edison? When will teachers stop using you as the example of a white colonizer just because you are the only white student in class? You take these concerns to the school administration and call for the expansion of white history in the school curriculum. The administration refuses to grant your request since the school spends a whole month White History Month teaching students about prominent white figures like Thomas Jefferson and Christopher Columbus, and don’t forget about the enti
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Show Transcript THE RANT. ERIN BEU SAT DOWN TO GET THEIR STORY. ERIN: AN EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLTEACHER CALLED A STUDENT A RACI FOLLOWED BY REMASHS THAT THERE SHOULD BE A WHITE HISTORY MONTH. I FELT LIKE EMBARRASSED AND LEFT OUT. LETRELL TAFT FEELS THAT WAY BECAUSE THE OTHER TEACHERS AND THE OTHER STUDENTS STARTING CALLING ME RACIST. HIS SEVENTH GRADE TEACH CALLED HIM A RACIST. HE SAYS IT WAS A BIRTHDAY GIFT. SHE SAID WE NEED A WHITE HISTORY MONTH. AND I SAID I DON T HAVE ENOUGH RECOGNITION. IT REALLY HURT ME. THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY THAT MY SITUATION. LETRELLE S MOTHER THIS HAS BEEN THE WORST FEAR FOR HER SON HAVING TO GO THROUGH WITH THIS. WE REACHED OUT TO HEARTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THIS WAS THERE RESPONSE. I WAN HER TO GET FIRED BE A TEAC
Teacher Suggests White History Month, Calls Student Racist for Black King Shirt
Feb 26, 2021 1:56 PM
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An Oklahoma teacher was placed on leave after allegedly calling a Black student s Black King t-shirt racist and telling students we need a White History Month.
Heartland Middle School student Latrell Taft was confronted with an uncomfortable conversation with his science teacher after she paused her lesson to call out his shirt, which he received as a birthday present. After Taft told her what the shirt read, she accused him of being racist, which was a remark most of the class agreed with.
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Greenfield schools probe lesson critics say was racially insensitive
Greenfield Middle School. Staff File Photo/PAUL FRANZ
Published: 2/19/2021 4:14:44 PM
GREENFIELD An incident alleged to have happened while a Greenfield Middle School educator was virtually teaching her students a unit on Black History Month has prompted a student’s grandmother and a local group to write letters to school officials asking that Greenfield schools focus more on social justice and anti-racism and to respond to the incident.
Assistant Superintendent Judy Houle said the incident, which occurred in early February, involves a personnel matter so she cannot talk about it at this time. She said, “We are aware of the situation and are conducting an active investigation of the matter.”