Fresno, California: FUSD apologizes for racially insensitive English assignment at Roosevelt High

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    FUSD apologizes for racially insensitive English assignment at Roosevelt High

    A controversial English assignment went viral on social media. The assignment was presented as an African American language explainer, but when CBS47 talked to the mom of the 11th grader involved, she said it sends a racially charged message. Tahirah Lockett is the mother of an 11th grader at Roosevelt High School. “My daughter said the school is racist,” she said. “She sends me a screenshot of the assignment, and I asked her, ‘So, are they saying that’s how we talk”? Lockett was floored when she saw what her daughter was talking about during an upset call from her daughter. ...


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