Posted on Jul 1, 2022
Parents outraged at school board members for dismissing book on Japanese American incarceration...
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Parents are pushing back after a committee whose members sit on a Wisconsin school board did not move forward with approving a book about Japanese American incarceration during World War II for a sophomore English literature class.
Muskego-Norway School Board members said including the book would require “balance” with perspective from the U.S. government, according to two parents in the district. They also said that minutes of a heated meeting with board members about the topic were not posted and that a video of another board meeting was reportedly edited.
Muskego-Norway School Board members said including the book would require “balance” with perspective from the U.S. government, according to two parents in the district. They also said that minutes of a heated meeting with board members about the topic were not posted and that a video of another board meeting was reportedly edited.
Parents outraged at school board members for dismissing book on Japanese American incarceration...
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I am not for dismissing any literature...especially historical literature...you can learn from it all.
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Imagine inviting the author to speak to the school. The author personally speaking about writing the book, her personal experiences, feelings, and fielding question would certainly create interest in actual history, not to mention the book. The book is not about why the government did what it did. That is the history everyone knows. To truly understand the whole history it is necessary to know about the experiences of the people who were in the internment camps, to be at school with their kids, to know what it did to their lives, how they moved past the trauma - different people different ways, different outcomes. It might motivate some of the students to take an interest and do their own research. Or, a generation or two later to.read.the.book!
Even thought there was passionate outrage, it is encouraging that parents are still getting involved in school district matters.
Even thought there was passionate outrage, it is encouraging that parents are still getting involved in school district matters.
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