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2025-04-27 04:02:14 UTC
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Permalinkthroughout American history. Its not something we dwell on every day, but
we Southerners often have to reckon with the sins of past generations.
My mom worked in both public and private school education, and she said
that she often had to teach kids some of the difficult history of
segregation. One teacher she taught with told the children of her fear of
walking through white neighborhoods as a young girl, and my mom vividly
remembered separate entrances and facilities like drinking fountains for
white and black people.
In red states and sometimes at the federal level, leftists charge that
conservatives want to avoid the difficult parts of our history, but
thats generally not true. Conservative educators understand the
importance of explaining even the horrific side of our history to the next
generation in the hopes that we wont repeat the same mistakes later.
In one metro Atlanta school, a teacher is in hot water for teaching about
one of those dark periods in American history. Fox 5 reports that a
teacher at Honey Creek Elementary School in Rockdale County, which is east
of Atlanta, was teaching about Ruby Bridges, the first black child to
attend a formerly segregated school in New Orleans in 1960.
According to reports, the teacher posted signs that read "For Whites Only"
and "For Colored Only" as part of the lesson.
A parent of a Honey Creek Elementary student addressed the Rockdale County
Board of Education during its April 17 meeting to express concern over the
signs (watch meeting here). She urged the board to take the investigation
seriously and emphasized the need for accountability. The parent also
claimed that the spouse of a school administrator had "shamed" her on the
Nextdoor app after she posted about the incident online. In addition, she
requested that counseling be offered to students who may have been
emotionally affected by the display.
In a letter sent to parents and guardians, the school's principal stated
that although there was no belief of "ill intent," the activity was not
part of the teachers submitted lesson plan and had not been approved by
school administration.
The state and county NAACP chapters are condemning the incident and
demanding training for staff and students, safe spaces (you cant make
this stuff up), and Mandatory anti-racism education rooted in historical
truth. Whats odd is that the teacher was teaching historical truth.
Segregation is taught in Georgia public schools and in other states
as an essential part of U.S. history, Fox 5 explains. The goal is to
help students understand the countrys past, particularly the long and
ongoing struggle for civil rights and racial equality.
Georgia played a major role in both enforcing segregation laws and in the
fight to end them, Fox 5 continues. For example, Atlanta was home to
numerous civil rights leaders and organizations. Understanding Georgias
past is key to grasping national history and the civil rights movement.
In other words, students can benefit from learning about segregation
because not only does it show how hard some people had it in earlier
generations, but it also demonstrates that race relations are so much
better now. My mom and I were having a conversation about this story
yesterday, and she said, When kids learn about segregation and the civil
rights movement, they can see how far weve come as a society.
Its worth noting that the NAACP regularly commemorates lynchings and
other horrible racially motivated historical incidents. The NAACP also
overwhelmingly (if not exclusively) supports Democrats, and I want to
remind everybody that the Democrats are the party that defended and argued
for the institution of slavery.
The school said in a letter to families that its biggest concern is that
the teacher had not included the exercise in that weeks lesson plans.
"Please know that this activity was not included in the teachers
submitted lesson plans and was not approved by school administration, the
letter read. While we do not believe there was ill intent, we do expect
all faculty to follow the plans that are submitted and approved."
Maybe the teacher was wrong in going about the lesson the way he or she
did, but the NAACP is way out of line in blowing this whole incident out
of proportion. Rockdale County doesnt need to create safe spaces or add
more left-wing training to its school system. The school should handle its
discipline internally, and thats all that needs to take place.
https://pjmedia.com/chris-queen/2025/04/25/a-metro-atlanta-teacher-is-in-
hot-water-over-a-controversial-history-lesson-n4939235