"Florida school asks parents for permission to have book by an African American author read to students"

[Father Heathen]

Florida school asks parents for permission to have book by an African American author read to students

“We realize that the description of the event may have caused confusion, and we are working with our schools to reemphasize the importance of clarity for parents," a district spokesperson said.

www.nbcnews.com

WTF is going on?

 

[Heyo]

Florida school asks parents for permission to have book by an African American author read to students

“We realize that the description of the event may have caused confusion, and we are working with our schools to reemphasize the importance of clarity for parents," a district spokesperson said.

www.nbcnews.com

WTF is going on?

I'd file that under "malicious compliance".
The organizer of that reading was just as keen to ask for the signatures as the parents were to give them. If everything goes according to the plan, the ensuing discussion will lead to them never having to ask for permission slips again.

 

[LuisDantas]

It does feel like an effort at raising awareness of how arbitrary and repressive the current law is.

 

[danieldemol]

Florida school asks parents for permission to have book by an African American author read to students

“We realize that the description of the event may have caused confusion, and we are working with our schools to reemphasize the importance of clarity for parents," a district spokesperson said.

www.nbcnews.com

WTF is going on?

Looks like fallout from Ron de Santis licking the boots of far right ultra-conservative christian voters to me.

 

[fantome profane]

"Take a look, it's in a book, a reading rainbow"

 

[Rational Agnostic]

Florida school asks parents for permission to have book by an African American author read to students

“We realize that the description of the event may have caused confusion, and we are working with our schools to reemphasize the importance of clarity for parents," a district spokesperson said.

www.nbcnews.com

WTF is going on?

I agree that permission slips shouldn't have been needed for this, and the note written was extremely poorly worded and possibly racist, but I hope you actually read the article and understand that the permission was not asked because the guest was African American--the same policy exists for all guest speakers. Obviously this is an issue but I feel like the headline as well as your post here are misleading click bait intended to rile people up.

 

[Father Heathen]

I agree that permission slips shouldn't have been needed for this, and the note written was extremely poorly worded and possibly racist, but I hope you actually read the article and understand that the permission was not asked because the guest was African American--the same policy exists for all guest speakers. Obviously this is an issue but I feel like the headline as well as your post here are misleading click bait intended to rile people up.

What was misleading about my post, and why did it rile you up?

 

[crossfire]

Florida school asks parents for permission to have book by an African American author read to students

“We realize that the description of the event may have caused confusion, and we are working with our schools to reemphasize the importance of clarity for parents," a district spokesperson said.

www.nbcnews.com

WTF is going on?

I'm now going to start using the acronym WTFL instead of WTF when it comes to craziness originating from this state.

 

[Twilight Hue]

I don't even see the title of the book listed.

 

[Soandso]

"Take a look, it's in a book, a reading rainbow"

LeVar Burton is a national treasure

 

[Rational Agnostic]

What was misleading about my post, and why did it rile you up?

It didn't rile me up, it just seemed to imply that the permission slip was sent because the guest speaker was African American when that's not actually the case. It seems to me like this was an isolated case of a poorly written letter to parents.

 

[Vinayaka]

Florida school asks parents for permission to have book by an African American author read to students

“We realize that the description of the event may have caused confusion, and we are working with our schools to reemphasize the importance of clarity for parents," a district spokesperson said.

www.nbcnews.com

WTF is going on?

Sarcasm warning - Well you know, it's quite likely that them African American folk folk, not that I have anything against them, are trying to turn all them poor little kids into African Americans. It's a dangerous slope.

 

[JIMMY12345]

Looks like fallout from Ron de Santis licking the boots of far right ultra-conservative christian voters to me.

As poodle Trump does the same with Putin.Putin has lots of money.