The all-white school board voted 5-2 to stop offering Black history and literature courses.

The all-white school board voted 5-2 to stop offering Black history and literature courses.

A Missouri school board that previously voted to rescind an anti-discrimination resolution has voted in favor of removing elective Black history and literature classes.

The seven-member Francis Howell School Board voted 5-2 Thursday night to stop offering Black History and Black Literature courses, which had been offered at the district’s three high schools since 2021, KSDK reported. All seven members of the board are white.

“Our students really wanted these electives,” Harry Harris, whose son is a student in the district, said during the board meeting. “Our families really wanted them and our teachers really wanted them. It’s important. It’s been great.”

In July, the conservative-led board revoked an anti-racism resolution that had been passed in 2020 following the police killing of George Floyd.

  • @[email protected]English
    100•6 months ago

    I got $5 betting Francis Howell Families has a common conservative donor with Moms For Liberty.

    I like how they revoked an anti-racism:

    The resolution, which made a pledge to “speak firmly against any racism, discrimination, and senseless violence against people regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, immigration status, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or ability,” was removed from school buildings.

    Francis Howell Families is a champion and benefactor for racism, discrimination, and especially senseless violence against everyone for any and every reason. If that weren’t true, why would they revoke the resolution?

    • @EatYouWell
      44•6 months ago

      Kinda like when Google removed the “Do no evil” part from their mission statement.

      • @EmpathicVagrant
        8•6 months ago

        Removing three words can so easily change the world.

      • @SpezCanLigmaBallsEnglish
        6•6 months ago

        I thought it was just moved somewhere else?

        Edit: turns out it’s “do the right thing” now

      • @bitwaba
        3•6 months ago

        A mission statement is a statement of purpose. Their mission statement is “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful”. That has not changed

        “Don’t be evil” was their motto. It was replaced with “Do the right thing”, and “Don’t be evil” was moved to the last line of the Code of Conduct.