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Teacher under fire for wearing sweater with controversial message on Columbus Day

Justin Chan
October 16, 2019, 1:09 PM CDT

A Michigan teacher came under fire for wearing a sweatshirt with a controversial message on Columbus Day, WXYZ reports.

Emma Howland-Bolton, a fifth-grade teacher at Clippert Multicultural Magnet Honors Academy in the Detroit Public Schools Community District, walked into school on Monday wearing a sweatshirt that read, "Columbus was a murderer."

"I wanted to wear this shirt to spark discussion," she told the station.

A school administrator took notice of the message and asked her to take the sweatshirt off.

"I was informed that my shirt was my opinion and I countered with it is a fact," the teacher explained.

In a statement, the Detroit Public Schools Community District told WXYZ that, in general, sweatshirts are not part of its business casual dress code. Administrators reportedly discussed the message on Howland-Bolton's shirt and determined that it had not been submitted as part of a pre-approved lesson plan. The teacher ultimately escaped the incident without any discipline.

Columbus Day has long been the subject of intense discussion. For Native Americans, in particular, the holiday is a reminder of the 500 years of colonial oppression their community has experienced since European explorers and immigrants first settled here, according to NPR.

"Today, we understand that while [Columbus] was an explorer and is credited with being one of the first Europeans to arrive in the Americas, we now know a great deal about the history and the way that he and his people behaved when they came to this continent," Shannon Speed, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and director of the UCLA American Indian Studies Center, told the media outlet. "Which included pillaging, raping and generally setting in motion a genocide of the people who were already here. That's not something we want to celebrate. That's not something anyone wants to celebrate."

In an effort to foster a more inclusive atmosphere, several major cities, including Los Angeles, Cincinnati, San Francisco and Atlanta, have instead renamed the holiday Indigenous Peoples' Day. States like Alaska, Minnesota, Vermont and South Dakota have also ditched Columbus Day in favor of one that honors Native Americans.

Still, there has been some pushback.

In an opinion piece for the Washington Post this week, Henry Olsen argued that it is, in fact, possible to celebrate Columbus Day "in the manner of a proud and decent society — one that can recognize its faults while proudly asserting its virtues."

"We are not perfect, but no human society ever is," Olsen wrote. "We are simply what we have always been: a good society trying to get better. Columbus Day should be a celebration of that."

I was in Chipotle on Sunday and some chick was wearing that same sweatshirt.

Yes, I judged her. She made it easy.

She's prolly fine with Che, Castro, Pol Pot, Mao, Stalin, Xi, Putin and Un.

another liberal opens mouth and sticks both feet in...

There was a lot of BS in the news about "Indigenous Peoples Day" on the NMU campus earlier this week.
I believe that every day the casinos are open is Indigenous Peoples Day.

FYI: There are ten "indigenous peoples" casinos in the Yoop. They run gas stations, too.
I think we are past the outrages Columbus may have wreaked.

He was just a tourist

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Columbus Day has long been the subject of intense discussion. For Native Americans, in particular, the holiday is a reminder of the 500 years of colonial oppression their community has experienced since European explorers and immigrants first settled here, according to NPR.

History must be understood in the context of the times. It does no one living today any good to judge people who lived in the past by today's social and moral standards.

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Originally posted by darthfuster:
She's prolly fine with Che, Castro, Pol Pot, Mao, Stalin, Xi, Putin and Un.

Funny that.

I certainly don’t know the true story of Columbus, but Tucker Carlson had a guest on his show who said that the stories of Columbus committing genocide or enslaving native people was anything but a “fact.” He went on to say that the negatives about Columbus were generated by one book, and that book was written by a rival. Maybe he’s a bad guy, maybe he’s a good guy, maybe somewhere in between. It would be interesting to see what that teacher produced to back up her “fact.”

My kid would wear a shirt the next day that said "All teachers are leftist stooges"
What? Just trying to spark CONVERSATION.

Notice her hyphenated last name, all you'll need to know.

the original immigrant? The Left should love him.

Well, I agree with Tony Soprano.




Link to original video: https://youtu.be/O4xIjWgBEMU

So she would be fine if a student wore a Trump shirt or hat, so others could express their beliefs.

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Originally posted by nighthawk:
So she would be fine if a student wore a Trump shirt or hat, so others could express their beliefs.

Nope. Annoying Progressivism is a one way street.

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"Indigenous Peoples Day"

You mean NDNs?

Columbus was a WOP that got lost.

So, maybe in protest of Columbus she should return to the land(s) of her ancestors because most likely she has no indigenous bloodlines in her background?

For that matter which European country had no instances of warring factions and hostile takeovers of others lands?

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History must be understood in the context of the times. It does no one living today any good to judge people who lived in the past by today's social and moral standards.

Well stated. However, I fear that many, who have the attention span of a gnat, will never grasp the concept. Too much thinking required and far easier to distill history into a sound bite on a sweatshirt for shock value.

Columbus brought diversity to the western hemisphere.

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Originally posted by Sigfan Roy:
the original immigrant? The Left should love him.

especially since he did it all with somebody else's money.