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A “children’s” book called “The Power Book” is used as a tool in @WebsterGrovesSD curriculum encouraging all seconds graders to challenge societal power structures.
They teach that Trayvon Martin was murdered by a racist police officer because he was black #wgbuzz
They teach that Trayvon Martin was murdered by a racist police officer because he was black #wgbuzz
This is false. Trayvon Martin was not murdered by a police officer.
From Wikipedia:
Trayvon “was fatally shot … by George Zimmerman, a 28-year old Hispanic American.”
What motivates a #publicschool to leverage a book with a blatantly false story and such bias against police?
From Wikipedia:
Trayvon “was fatally shot … by George Zimmerman, a 28-year old Hispanic American.”
What motivates a #publicschool to leverage a book with a blatantly false story and such bias against police?
In the preceding page, children learn that “the most common type of racism is when white people believe they are superior to people who have darker skin”. This presented as absolute fact.
Students only have two examples of racism: American slavery and South African Apartheid.
Students only have two examples of racism: American slavery and South African Apartheid.
