San
Francisco’s public schools have been offered a classroom lesson plan
that calls President-elect Donald Trump a racist, sexist man who became
president “by pandering to a huge racist and sexist base.”
The union that represents city teachers posted the plan on its website
and distributed it via an email newsletter to its more than 6,000
members. The school district has more than 57,000 students.
“I
know that they might curse and swear, but you would too if you have
suffered under the constructs of white supremacy or experienced sexism,
or any isms or lack of privilege,” she wrote.
The Republican Party in San Francisco slammed the lesson plan.
“It’s inappropriate on every level,” said Harmeet Dhillon, an RNC
committeewoman from California. She called it “inappropriate propaganda
that unfairly demonizes not only the campaign that Donald Trump, the
winner, ran, but also all of the people who voted for him.”
The plan was written by social studies teacher Fakhra Shah, who said
she hadn’t planned for it to spread citywide — that was a step taken by
the teacher’s union. She wrote it at 2 a.m. Nov. 9, just hours after
results came in, to help teachers at her school struggling with how to
answer students’ questions and concerns about Trump becoming president…
San Francisco is diverse, with many students whose families are in the
country illegally and who say they’re worried by Trump’s calls for
deportation. Shah warned teachers that some students may use
inappropriate words to express their fear and anger.
“I know that they might curse and swear, but you would too if you have
suffered under the constructs of white supremacy or experienced sexism,
or any isms or lack of privilege,” she wrote. [
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