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School officials say there was “no need” for the permission slip for a reading. February 14, 2024, 7:41 PM ET • 5 min read An activity permission slip for a reading of a Black author’s book at a Miami-Dade public school library stoked anger and confusion among parents and school board members. In a now-viral […]
Parents were raising eyebrows after they were asked by a Miami-Dade school to consent to having their children participate in a book reading by an African American author. The permission slip from Coral Way K-8 in Miami was intended to comply with the Parental Rights in Education Law, but parents and
Florida permission slip for African American reading causes controversy NBC News Source link
A federal judge decided on Dec. 31 that Mississippi can move forward in creating a state-run court system of unelected judges and prosecutors to preside over part of the majority-Black city of Jackson. However, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals separately temporarily blocked the court’s creation until Jan. 5. This law, by the majority-white […]
This article was originally published in UCSB’s ‘The Current‘. The controversy around the College Board’s A.P. African-American Studies Course, which was targeted by Republican politicians in Florida seeking to restrict its contents, resulted in a version that made optional several key concepts and areas that were initially part of the core curriculum, including critical race theory, […]
When Jann Wenner, the co-founder of Rolling Stone magazine, recently said that Black and women musicians didn’t “articulate” rock music philosophy well enough to be included in his new book, his words weren’t just a passing comment. To music critics and experts, Wenner’s statements to The New York Times magazine
The incident recalls debates over hair discrimination in schools. A black male high school student in Texas was suspended from school twice for wearing his hair in twisted dreadlocks. After serving his first in-school suspension, he returned to school the next day with his hair in the same style. He was immediately suspended again. Darryl […]
The Grammys ended in controversy, again. Here’s what to know The Associated Press – en Español Source link
The City of Philadelphia has come under fire for commissioning a statue of Harriet Tubman from a white sculptor without opening the field of competition to other artists, including those of color. After Wesley Wofford’s Harriet Tubman: The Journey to Freedom, a traveling bronze sculpture depicting the famed abolitionist leading a child by the hand, […]
The Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo is ending a partnership with a group providing tickets to veterans following complaints that the group was using a controversial Thin Blue Line image. The Thin Blue Line symbol – a blue line across the Maple Leaf – is considered a sign of police solidarity but has also been […]