DUPO,
IL - Fourth graders in Dupo Illinois are reading a biography of Barack
Obama that's raising eyebrows among St. Clair County parents. The book,
which supplements the school's Common Core curriculum, blames television
for the negative behaviors the first African-American president picked
up as a teen:
The book - brought to the attention this week of those on the
"Moms Against Duncan - MAD" Facebook page,
goes on to say white Americans were hesitant to vote for a black
president, and that Obama pushed the race issue to bring the nation
together.
"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 Bluffview Elementary students were told the book's content would
be tested for grades. That brought outrage among parents just across the
Mississippi River from St. Louis, one of the "MAD" moms reported.
This
biography of America's 44th president, entitled "Barack Obama," is
written by Jane Sutcliffe and published by Lerner. The book is part of
Scholastic's "Reading Counts" program acceptable to the controversial
Common Core curriculum standards.
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