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Showing Original Post only (View all)I'm done...I don't care who the fuck you are... No more! [View all]
https://www.rawstory.com/roeper-school-birmingham/Racist lesson labeling Obama as a 'primate' handed out to Michigan students
"Administrators at the Roeper School, the oldest K-12 school for gifted children in the country, are investigating the materials, which were described as "an introduction to primates" but included photos of Obama, the nation's first Black president, reported WJBK-TV...
On behalf of Roeper Schools leadership," read the letter, "I would like to acknowledge the disturbing racial offense contained in this worksheet and sincerely regret its use and the harm it has caused."
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That is no defense, it is clearly an offense, it is meant to offend a USA President, otherwise the
Escurumbele
May 2022
#51
So he was the president elect? Even if well-intentioned, this was a lapse in judgement.
yardwork
May 2022
#78
In an academic/scientific context, there are not "various races" of humans.
Eyeball_Kid
May 2022
#57
To the apologists in this thread:how odd of you, in a country where the first Black president's wife
Hekate
May 2022
#18
I addressed the people in the thread who were optimistic that no offense was intended. Did not
Hekate
May 2022
#24
Does that frequently happen with institutions founded by Jewish refugees from Nazism?
Effete Snob
May 2022
#28
Enough of the Racism. I've heard the same disgusting term used for Desmond Tutu as well.
clementine613
May 2022
#50