‘Whitewashed’ Black History Courses Trigger Revolt in Missouri
A large swathe of students, families, and activists have come together to organize against a Missouri school district after officials voted to do away with two elective classes in Black studies, a move some students say is grounded in uplifting and maintaining white supremacy.
Even after the board decided to bring the classes back one week after the meeting—vowing the courses would be taught from a “politically-neutral” viewpoint—students have continued to fight against what they fear could be a “whitewashed curriculum.”
“[They] want to teach [Black history] from a whitewashed perspective,” education activist Heather Fleming told The Daily Beast, “that still deifies white supremacy.”