MO Teacher Draws Fire for Racial Lesson

Here\’s A Findlaw Story James Nimmo sent over on a seventh-grade teacher who used \”Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word\” by Randall Kennedy in class.

Jennings School District Superintendent Terry Stewart said Schumacher had good intentions but bad judgment when she used the book.

On Feb. 25, the book was featured in a similar classroom situation in an episode \”Boston Public.\” Following that, it was the subject of a senior English class at a high school in Silver Spring, Md., in which both the book and the TV show occasioned a lively discussion that was covered by The Washington Post.

January 23, 2003 by Uncategorized 0

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