Posted on Jan 29, 2022
Georgia student's 'gay is ok' artwork removed from classroom, compared to Nazi flag, parents say
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A Georgia elementary school student’s artwork celebrating the LGBTQ+ community was taken from the student’s classroom by school administrators and likened to a Nazi flag, a group of parents alleges.
According to parents, school officials at Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary in Athens, Ga. promptly removed a student’s art piece, which featured a rainbow and the words “Gay is OK” written beneath an umbrella, following a complaint from another parent.
When a teacher questioned the decision, an administrator compared hanging the drawing to hanging the flag of Nazi Germany in the classroom, according to a group of parents who witnessed the interaction, NBC-affiliate WXIA-TV 11 reported this week.
Some parents of students at Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary say the incident is not an isolated one and that school officials have for years exemplified behavior that could be interpreted as sexist or xenophobic.
According to parents, school officials at Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary in Athens, Ga. promptly removed a student’s art piece, which featured a rainbow and the words “Gay is OK” written beneath an umbrella, following a complaint from another parent.
When a teacher questioned the decision, an administrator compared hanging the drawing to hanging the flag of Nazi Germany in the classroom, according to a group of parents who witnessed the interaction, NBC-affiliate WXIA-TV 11 reported this week.
Some parents of students at Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary say the incident is not an isolated one and that school officials have for years exemplified behavior that could be interpreted as sexist or xenophobic.
Georgia student's 'gay is ok' artwork removed from classroom, compared to Nazi flag, parents say
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Our youth is becoming more tolerant and less hateful than the older generations. THE HORROR!
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A child's artwork that does not depict pornography, hatred, or violence is of no consequence, that is a shame. I have neighbors that are Gay, they don't ask for any special treatment, and that is the way it should be. Let everyone alone as long as they are not hurting anyone else and being descent people.
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Context is key. And not offered here.
*IF* there is a policy about displaying political signs, banners, artwork, or the like, then I can see removing the political artwork. And when asked why, I can also see the administration defending the decision stating that political artwork is not allowed. They can no more allow pro-gay art than they can allow a Nazi flag. Political is political.
I am not defending the decision. Nor am I defending the comparison. But I am not ready to burn the school down in protest, yet, either. Context is key. And not offered here.
Let's not rush to judge without all of the facts.
*IF* there is a policy about displaying political signs, banners, artwork, or the like, then I can see removing the political artwork. And when asked why, I can also see the administration defending the decision stating that political artwork is not allowed. They can no more allow pro-gay art than they can allow a Nazi flag. Political is political.
I am not defending the decision. Nor am I defending the comparison. But I am not ready to burn the school down in protest, yet, either. Context is key. And not offered here.
Let's not rush to judge without all of the facts.
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