Here's more political correctness gone awry.
A teacher at a western Louisville elementary school was told to change a Christmas tree bulletin board about two weeks ago after another teacher complained that it might offend some non-Christian students.
The Christmas tree at Brandeis Elementary was made out of construction-paper cutouts of children’s hands. Above it, it said: “Santa’s Helpers,” principal Servita West-Jordan said. West-Jordan said she asked the teacher to remove the word’s
“Santa’s Helpers” because she agreed that students in the class who were Indian or Muslim might be offended because they don’t necessarily believe in Christmas or Santa Claus.
West-Jordan said the teacher removed the entire display
about a week and a half ago, replacing it with a note that said the Grinch had stolen the bulletin board.
The teacher put the tree back up the next day with the words “Happy Holidays” above it.
“Everybody seems pleased with the outcome and we’ve moved past it,” West-Jordan said.
Aukram Burton, the Jefferson County Public Schools’ multi-cultural expert said, the district’s policy calls for holiday displays that don’t favor one religion over another.
“We want to include everyone and not to exclude anyone,” he said.
Burton said West-Jordan made the right decision by allowing the
Christmas tree to stay but requesting more inclusive words to go along with it.
From The Courier-Journal.
One of the many problems with this multi-cultural expert is he thinks he's including by excluding. If you censor my religion you have chosen to exclude me. If someone is offended, they have chosen to exclude themselves. And, no, Principal West-Jordan everyone is not pleased, far from it.
No comments:
Post a Comment