There is a growing debate at an elementary school regarding the showing of a video featuring Colin Kaepernick.
Discovery Elementary in Gig Harbor posted educational materials online related to the Black Lives Matter movement intended for second graders, accessible through students’ virtual classroom accounts.
According to Jason Rantz of 770 KTTH, students were introduced to Colin Kaepernick and encouraged to take a stand by kneeling. They were also prompted to consider organizing a union and staging a strike, along with being introduced to the notion that “white silence equals violence.”
Additionally, a second-grade teacher at Grove Elementary in Marysville shared a video animation with students as part of their curriculum.
The video, titled “Animation Series: Something Happened In Our Town,” depicts the perspectives of a young white girl and a young black boy following an incident where a white officer shoots a black man.
“When the white girl questions why the police shot the man, her sister explains, ‘The cops shot him because he was Black.’ The girl’s mother acknowledges that it was a mistake to shoot the man and highlights that it is part of a larger pattern where white people are treated favorably, unlike Black individuals,” as reported by Rantz.
Rantz further mentioned that the black boy’s father reassures his son that the officer responsible “won’t face consequences.” The boy’s brother adds, “Police officers protect each other and harbor negative sentiments towards Black men.”
