Posted on 11/22/2013 12:03:51 PM PST by rarestia
Some parents in Dupo, Ill. are not happy that a biography of President Barack Obama is required reading for fourth-graders. They say the book contains a host of controversial elements, not least of which is that it casts white Americans who disagree with Obama’s politics as racist.
Fourth-grade students at Bluffview Elementary School were instructed that they would be tested and graded on the book’s contents, reports EAGnews.org.
The book, called simply “Barack Obama,” is published by Lerner Publications. The author, Jane Sutcliffe, appears to specialize in these kinds of biographies. She has written similar titles about Jesse Owens, Ronald Reagan, Sacagawea and Milton Hershey.
The kerfuffle about the book originally bubbled up through a Facebook page called Moms Against Duncan (MAD). The group actively opposes implementation of the Common Core curriculum.
EAGNews notes that the Obama book is part of Scholastic’s “Reading Counts” program and an acceptable title under the Common Core State Standards Initiative, which attempts to standardize various K-12 curricula around the country.
You can view a sample of the bio on Google Books.
The book continually identifies Obama on a first-name basis. It bizarrely blames the evils of television for learning ways “to be black” that are hilariously caricatured, stereotypical and negative.
When Barry looked in the mirror, he saw a young black man. But he didn’t know how to be black. And no one was there to teach him.
He decided to act like the black characters he saw on TV. He started acting tough. He cursed. Was that what it meant to be black?
As he got older, he started smoking and drinking. He tried drugs. Was that what it meant to be black?
It’s not clear if Sutcliffe purposefully conflates being a black American with “acting tough,” cussing, “smoking and drinking” and doing drugs.
Sutcliffe is white, according to her Amazon.com author page.
The Obama biography goes on to charge that white Americans did not want to vote for Obama because of his skin color. However, it neatly explains, America’s 44th president was able to bring everybody together in blissful unity.
But some people said Americans weren’t ready for that much change. Sure Barack was a nice fellow, they said. But white voters would never vote for a black president. Other angry voices were raised. Barack’s former pastor called the country a failure. God would damn the United States for mistreating its black citizens, he said.
The book then recounts Obama’s March 2008 speech about race.
“Barack decided it was time to speak to Americans about race,” the next paragraph pedantically explains. “Black people and white people were too often angry with one another. All people were going to have to work together to solve the country’s problems. Only in that way could Americans make a more perfect United States.”
It’s not clear if the book’s author believes the United States is now “more perfect” some six years into the Obama presidency.
I'm 58 and I don't think I learned that word until I was a teenager. We did however use the word 'homo' a lot at that age..................
The author is lilly-white, who more than likely has never had more than 1 “person of color” as a friend ever before. But yet I suppose she’s a good author of crap like this because she “feeeeeeeeeeeeeeels”. Or some such crap.
When will it end? Thank goodness for some parents who are still conservative, but when these kids grow up —— what then? I wonder what % of libs are now going into teaching.
And —— thank goodness for teachers like you!!
Oh-— new programs? Years ago when my kids were in elem., the 4th grade tried something. They paired the A students with the F students, and the Bs with the Cs, thinking that the lower grades would catch up by the influence with the ‘smarter’ kids. In a few months it was dropped. The failing students were totally lost, and in the other group, the B students dropped down. So much for experimentation.
So that’s why obama is such a racist, he’s half white.
Leading from “behind” as it were... yep. Servant leadership, that’s who obi-wan is, just a server...lol.
Children are not stupid and will see through this....however they will believe this crap when they get to college.
Obama believes in genocide against whites. We WILL NEVER criticize any violence against them. He is a monster on par with Hitler...but apparently less impulsive. If he were more impulsive we’d already have death camps.
I here leftists use the word “faggot” nonstop. It’s only offensive when they catch a conservative using it.
Metmom, here’s yet another reason to homeschool. Unbelieveable.
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Also.....
Common Core Torn Apart (By a high school student)
No. He saw the fricking love of his life.
The book mentions God? What about that separation thing they’re always screaming about?
I never thought I’d live to see the day that kids are being brainwashed like this. It started years ago but when they started singing “Barach Hussein Obama, mmm, mmm, mmm!”, it was the beginning of the end.
The people who voted for this piece of crap will live to see their kids and grandkids in slave camps. Those of us who hate the liberals won’t see it because we’ll die fighting.
Been reading Rush Revere and The Brave Pilgrims. NOW THERE is a book that should be required reading. Obama is mentally ill.
I get chills thinking about this. In the old days decades ago, things were more innocent. G-rated movies, TV, magazines all the norm. I got bus'd to black neighborhood schools despite previously going to a mixed-race school three blocks from my home. I got punched, hasseled and robbed by some black kids. At least I didn't worry about getting killed.
Kids are no longer shielded from ugly information, that makes feral punks more lethal from exposure. Problem is, white parents are still in the position where they are powerless and have to send their kids to these schools. Not everyone has the means to escape that trap. Decades ago, my parents were poor raising five kids, and had no choice. I suspect the same is true for many poor parents today.
No doubt.
“Homeschool or Die”.
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