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In reply to the discussion: "School decides to read book on Black astronaut to all students after parent complains about it" [View all]sl8
(13,676 posts)10. Sounds like her complaint encouraged more sales of the book.
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Rockwood Education Equity and Diversity Director Brittany Hogan says the response from other parents supporting the book was immediate.
"They were saying this is amazing that they were buying copies of the book," Hogan says. "One of our parents came out and said she was going to purchase a copy for every second-grader at the elementary school that her children attends."
Hogan calls McNair, who died along with the rest of the crew in the Challenger explosion in 1986, a hero.
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Rockwood Education Equity and Diversity Director Brittany Hogan says the response from other parents supporting the book was immediate.
"They were saying this is amazing that they were buying copies of the book," Hogan says. "One of our parents came out and said she was going to purchase a copy for every second-grader at the elementary school that her children attends."
Hogan calls McNair, who died along with the rest of the crew in the Challenger explosion in 1986, a hero.
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"School decides to read book on Black astronaut to all students after parent complains about it" [View all]
krispos42
Sep 2020
OP
They want to pretend after slavery everything was great and after civil rights it was
JI7
Sep 2020
#1
What an excellent idea to combat racism! These children need to be educated about racism
Illumination
Sep 2020
#2
It sure as hell beats the way I learned acceptance (I won't stop at tolerance).
CaptYossarian
Sep 2020
#11
WOW CaptYossarian! Sorry for what you shouldn't have had to endure! Bullying is abuse
Illumination
Sep 2020
#13
Great advice. You're raising those girls RIGHT! The flag & book are very perceptive & show an
Illumination
Sep 2020
#30
I can't even imagine what her rationale was. What was the content of her warning..
LAS14
Sep 2020
#3
had a nice NPR story corp about him when he was a kid during segregation in texas.
pansypoo53219
Sep 2020
#15
Astronaut Ron McNair died along with the rest of the crew in the Challenger explosion in 1986
MagickMuffin
Sep 2020
#35