A film about a Black first grader who integrated an all-White elementary school is under review in a Florida school district after a parent objected to the movie's use of slurs and argued it could teach students that 'White people hate Black people'
A film about a Black first grader who integrated an all-White elementary school in the South is under review in a Florida school district after a parent objected to the movie’s use of slurs and argued it could teach students that “White people hate Black people,” according to school officials and documents obtained by CNN. A parent of a second grade student at North Shore Elementary in St.
Two weeks before the movie was shown to second graders at North Shore Elementary, permission forms were sent to the students’ parents along with a link to the “Ruby Bridges” trailer, Mascareñas said. The parent who filed the objection was among the two families that opted to not have their students watch the movie, she said.
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