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Related: About this forumOutrage after Queens teacher tells kids not to write about Malcolm X
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QUEENS (WABC) -- There is outrage among some parents of students at an elementary school in Queens after a teacher told children not to write about Malcolm X during Black History Month.
The technology teacher at PS 201 in Flushing said it's because the slain civil rights leader was too violent.
The teacher looked up some information about Malcolm X online and determined it was not age-appropriate material for her fourth graders. She has since apologized to the parents and plans to apologize to students as well.
Parents and prominent politicians who gathered at the school Monday morning said it was important for all teachers to have cultural sensitivity.
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shenmue
(38,506 posts)I grew up in Queens and I am ashamed of this idiot.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)elleng
(130,974 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)elleng
(130,974 posts)that the child spoke up. A learning experience for everyone.