'Inflammatory' Book in NYC schools for kids as young as 2
Blames racism on white people
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The tome is on a suggested reading list parents can access through the website TeachingBooks. It is part of the “Universal Mosaic Independent Reading Collections” for kindergartners created by the DOE’s Library Services, the site says.
Brooklyn parent leader Vito LaBella called the text “inflammatory.”
“That page alone in my mind is just preaching hate,” he said, referring to the text about sorting people by skin color.
LaBella said at least one school in southwest Brooklyn’s District 20, where he’s a member of the Community Education Council, received the books. The principal had been told by former Schools Chancellor Meisha Porter they would be coming. They were to be delivered to kindergarten classes, but the principal was holding off, he added.
https://nypost.com/2022/05/07/kids-b...ism-on-whites/
Blames racism on white people
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The tome is on a suggested reading list parents can access through the website TeachingBooks. It is part of the “Universal Mosaic Independent Reading Collections” for kindergartners created by the DOE’s Library Services, the site says.
Brooklyn parent leader Vito LaBella called the text “inflammatory.”
“That page alone in my mind is just preaching hate,” he said, referring to the text about sorting people by skin color.
LaBella said at least one school in southwest Brooklyn’s District 20, where he’s a member of the Community Education Council, received the books. The principal had been told by former Schools Chancellor Meisha Porter they would be coming. They were to be delivered to kindergarten classes, but the principal was holding off, he added.
https://nypost.com/2022/05/07/kids-b...ism-on-whites/
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