teacher fired for reading the diary of anne frank

[moonshinegnomie]

the book was on the reading list sent to parents at the start pf the year.....


https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/texas-teacher-anne-frank-fired-18375331.php

texas fascists at it again

[elleng]

1. STILL!

[Iggo]

2. Jews will not replace them, I guess.

[moonshinegnomie]

3. as far as im concerned the entire school administration should be fired

[CRK7376]

62. Anne Frank really????

i completely agree with you Get rid of that school administration....

All this has blown up over the past year with schools and banned books/discussions. As a recently retired high school history teacher it infuriates me to no end that I would have to limit my Holocaust classes to abandon Anne Frank and the 1619 project. I have 2-3 copies of her diary in my classroom and the entire set of the MAUS graphic novels for my kids that want more information and exposure to the Holocaust,1619 Project, Reconstruction, Indian Normal Schools, Internment of Japanese Americans during WWII articles etc....

[magicarpet]

4. Well,... after all Ann Frank was a globalist,... right ?

If you aren't a 100% White Power White Supremacist who fully advocates for White Privilege - take a fucking hike.

You are either with us or against us, you decide.

[Aristus]

5. Still waiting for the "Texas isn't that bad!" types to offer convincing proof of their assertion.

[Paladin]

10. Do you imagine that we Texas Democrats are HAPPY about things like this?

No need for a reply.

[txwhitedove]

18. Thank you.

[LoisB]

31. It is sad how some entire states get bad reputations from we liberals who live in blue states. I

am sure I have bashed "Texas" myself and I would like to apologize. I wish you all the luck in getting rid of Abbott and the rest of the MAGAts running (ruining) your state.

[cayugafalls]

35. Texas isn't that bad. Some of the people are complete garbage, but Texas isn't bad.

To clarify for you on where this Texan stands, we are actually fighting this garbage here in Texas and have enough problems without naysayers on our side.

[lees1975]

56. And our respone should be, "How can we help you get rid of that plague?"

Made my regular monthly contribution to Beto's gubernatorial campaign generic to the Texas Democratic Party after the election was over.

Whenever we see something like this, let it be a prompt to chip in what you can to Democrats in another state who can put it to good use. Democrats are getting close to getting Texas back. I'm willing to help them do that, from Illinois.

[cayugafalls]

57. I've never met you, but this Texan, sincerely appreciates you and sends one love.

We will win Texas back, people are getting tired of the lies and BS.

[Torchlight]

45. Sounds serious.

Good luck.

[world wide wally]

6. FYT

Fuck you, Texas

[Ferrets are Cool]

24. I'm NOT from Texas, but put the blame where it belongs dammit.

FUCK YOU REPUGS.

[cayugafalls]

36. Really? An entire state of Democrats and you just say Fuck You?

Why don't you help fight instead of armchair fucks?

[atreides1]

43. An entire state of Democrats?

There are Democrats in Texas, but not enough to bring about the change that's needed!

[cayugafalls]

49. You are correct. My abrogation was grammatical and I missed it.

It went un-corrected.

There is, however, in Texas, a large number of Democrats and we are currently fighting gerrymandering to get back some seats.

To give up on an entire state and suggest as this thread has to just 'cut Texas off' is sickening.

That is how I feel and I feel it strongly.

[world wide wally]

46. Sorry, I didn't know your name was "Texas"

Maybe it's time for a chill pill.

[cayugafalls]

50. It's not. Welcome to Texas, Wally.

[enough]

7. This disease is virulent

[lpbk2713]

8. In spite of everything I still believe that ...

Texas school administrators are a bunch of assholes.

[DBoon]

9. fired for reading what Anne Frank said about genitalia?

Do horses in Texas wear pants?

[FakeNoose]

11. WTF? Now it's a graphic novel?

There's no reason to make a graphic adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank.

This book is perfectly legible and understandable the way it was originally published - in words only with no comics added.

[Ferrets are Cool]

26. Not every graphic depiction is a comic. And my question is why the fuck not?

[obamanut2012]

63. What in the WORLD is wrong with this???? Lots of graphic classics exist

Including this book, The Handmaid's Tale, etc. This is not a "comic book," it is a graphic novel.

Your issue with it seems really unusual to me. No reason for the criticism at all.

[Think. Again.]

12. I'm beginning to think...

...maybe we should support and assist with a well-implemented secession of some these states? I mean, at this point, why not?

[cayugafalls]

37. This whole thread makes me sick. Because, hello, Bueller? I'm a Democrat in Texas.

Help fight.

I actually can't believe some of you are Democrats.

[Think. Again.]

47. You are right...

...and I am wrong when I start seeing entire states to be as bad as the worst residents of them.

We ALL need to stand up against this kind of crap wherever we see it. In cases like this one, it's a responsibilty that each of us holds to protect any child we see being misled and yes, indoctrinated, into a just-plain-wrong mindset, and to protect those of us who are caring enough to teach those children well.

My apologies to you, cayugafalls, and to all the good people of Texas.

[11 Bravo]

13. Hey, hearing her story might make Nazis uncomfortable!

That's the exact same rationale that conservative shitweasels have used to do away with teaching about the horrors of slavery.

[Paladin]

16. Germany's getting rid of its Nazis; offering the U.S. tips on how to do the same.

If that doesn't make you puke in your mouth a little, then you haven't been paying attention...

[orangecrush]

55. +1

[Elessar Zappa]

59. The far right's actually gaining ground in Germany.

The AFD (a fascist party) is doing better each year. They even dominate some areas of eastern Germany.

[Wonder Why]

25. DeSatanist complained to Abbot that it made him uncomfortable.

[TexasBushwhacker]

14. Ezekiel 23:20

"There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses."

[rurallib]

19. I was part of a mentoring program many years back and I had the three kids

we mentored (all Hispanic) read Anne Frank one summer. They easily saw parallels.

[Evolve Dammit]

17. Fuck these fascists

[cayugafalls]

38. Now that is something I, and every Texas Democrat, can get behind.

Thank you!

[Evolve Dammit]

65. cheers!

[madamesilverspurs]

20. 7th grade English class

The teacher spent one hour each week reading the book to us. Even the usual disrupters paid attention.
1960



.

[ananda]

22. I taught that book in Houston.

The students loved it.

Then we went to the new Holocaust Museum
in Houston, and that experience was
transformational for the kids.

[JanMichael]

32. I wonder when they will try to shut the museum down?

Next logical step in the Nazi playbook.

[ananda]

48. I hadn't thought of that.

Good question.

[maxsolomon]

23. it's about the sexual content:

...the teacher was sent home on Wednesday after reading a passage from Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation in which Frank wrote about male and female genitalia.

the book was not an "approved" version.

info about the "new" pages here, if you can handle it: https://www.biography.com/history-culture/anne-frank-diary-secret-pages

[Susan Calvin]

41. Thank you for the context.

It sounds like that was not a good choice on the teacher's part, although I don't know if it warranted her being fired. I tend to think the worst of Texas school administration.

[Cha]

27. Texas Nazi enablers 😡

[llashram]

28. outlandishly ignorant and

outlandishly dangerous. This RW march to fascism is obvious beyond all their antics and their hypocrite's kabuki theatre.

[Warpy]

29. WHAAAAT?

These fucking book banners have gone WAY too far. They ARE the Nazis and if they're not stopped, no one else will be safe, ever. We know how it goes, they start with the books and progress to groups of people.

I'm sick of having good, committed, UNDERPAID professional people like librarians and teachers being harassed by the stupidest, narrowest,, most illiterate prude in a state.

NO, just NO.

[bluestarone]

30. I cannot believe this.

My GAWD, where have all thesescumsucking unamerican bastards been hiding before TFG? Jesus H. Christ!!!

[AllaN01Bear]

33. grrrr.

[Martin68]

34. Seriously, I never thought I'd live to see the day. Anne Frank's Diary has been a part of American

education ever since WWII. But we gotta consider the tender feelings of the fascists among us who might cry if someone reminds them of the evils of fascism. Or the fact that Anne Frank was a girl dealing with becoming a woman at the same time she was in mortal peril of being discovered by Nazis and sent to a death camp.

[LiberalFighter]

39. I wonder if they treat Me in Kampf as their bible,?

[wnylib]

40. It was never a class assignment at my school.

But there was a hard copy in the library, available for check out. Also a paperback copy available for sale. I bought the book.

[IcyPeas]

42. But this is okay?

Link to tweet

[triron]

58. We teach'em young in Texas.

[Major Nikon]

44. I did nazi that one coming

[ecstatic]

51. I think a mass exodus is inevitable at this point, but where to?

Are there any welcoming Blue States willing to take on a large number of refugees from the South? I really like California but the earthquakes worry me.

[Deuxcents]

53. I wonder that too, but earthquakes don't worry me

As much as these maga cult people. It’s a long haul from Florida but if I had to, I’d go.

[obamanut2012]

64. I moved to CA, love it

Earthquakes are not really an issue up here in the north.

[Eko]

52. Legendary Teacher.

[kimbutgar]

54. I went to an all girls catholic school in the 70's and the English teacher who was a nun in 11th

Got assigned this book. I was drawn in and shocked at the end. I asked my parents about it and they told me about Hitler and the Holocaust. At school the next day our class had a lively discussion and we wrote our responses we shared. I’ll never forget it!

[Bonx]

60. Nope. Fake news.

"A Texas middle school teacher has been fired after assigning an unapproved illustrated version of Anne Frank's Diary to her eighth grade reading class. Per a report from KFDM, a spokesperson for Hamshire-Fannett ISD, located south of Beaumont, released a statement confirming the teacher was sent home on Wednesday after reading a passage from Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation in which Frank wrote about male and female genitalia."

[Emile]

61. Christian fascism.