An Oklahoma teacher is under investigation by the local school board after she allegedly told a black student that the phrase on his T-shirt was racist.
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13-year-old Latrell Taft wore his “Black King” shirt to school last Tuesday and expressed his concerns after a science teacher at Heartland Middle School told him that the shirt was racist. The interaction occurred while she taught the class about the periodic table and asked Taft about the phrase on his shirt. He also added that the majority of his peers agreed with the teacher.
“She said that if she had a shirt that said white queen, it would have been racist. Then after that, she said we need a white history month. I said Black people don’t have enough recognition, and we barely learn about Black people in February at my school.”
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Taft told his mother,Melisa Shirley, about the incident and she says she called the school instantly afterwards. Shirley believes the teacher should be facing consequences for her words and they will be meeting with the principal next week.
“There should not be educators like this, I think she should be reprimanded.”
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SOURCE: Fox 8