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It obviously violated Florida’s law against Critical Race Theory. /s
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Maj Owner/Partner
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So small minded white folks can feel better about themselves?
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..."James taught special education to students ranging from kindergarten to fifth grade, according to the report. Next to the pledge of allegiance, he displayed historical Black figures such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Harriet Tubman, Colin Powell, and George Washington Carver in his classroom because he wanted to motivate his students with figures that represented the students.


"I was sitting down in one of the children's chairs cutting something out, and I turned around and saw her start taking something off the bulletin board," James told the outlet.

James said when he questioned the analyst about why she was taking down the images, "she said something along the lines of it wasn't age-appropriate. Something like that."

James did not recall the employee mentioning race; however, he told the outlet that she confiscated an image of former President Barack Obama, which was near his desk as there was no room on the bulletin board saying the kids were too young.

"I didn't say anything else. I honestly let it go, but got to thinking about it and got pretty upset," James told PNJ. "I could have just sent it to the principal. But things need to get done. A lot of times people can just sweep things under the rug."

The following night after the incident, James emailed a letter to Gov. Ron Desantis and Tim Smith, the Superintendent of the Escambia County school district, recalling what he had witnessed, according to PNJ.

In a statement released on Thursday by Escambia County Public School obtained by Pensacola News Journal, the school district refuted the allegations made by James, stating that there were inaccuracies in his account.

The district claimed in the statement that two district employees, a behavioral coach and a behavioral analyst, were in the classroom that day to assist him in setting up his classroom to teach a small unit of students with ASD ( Autism Spectrum Disorder).

According to the statement, the behavior analyst told James that she actually appreciated the bulletin board displaying historical Black figures however it had to be dedicated to state-required curricular material specific to his student."...
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