Controversial high school in North Carolina classroom demonstration It drew so much public outcry that the school district ordered its removal and required teachers to retrain.
West Charlotte High School’s door decorations were part of Black History Month and showed how racial segregation was practiced at Sears department stores starting in 1930.
However, rather than simply criticizing racial segregation, the sign was actually intended to demonstrate the department store’s efforts to allow blacks and whites to shop together.
“The purpose of the doors was to show that Sears, a department store, was one of the first to allow blacks to shop alongside whites.” Said The teacher’s daughter, LaQuinta Caldwell, told NBC News.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools said the signs were only in place for a few hours on Feb. 14.
The district also said teachers will be retrained on appropriate lessons in the history curriculum.
“School districts are required to provide social studies and history lessons to all students in an age-appropriate manner. Teachers at West Charlotte High School decorated the door displaying inappropriate content.” said a statement from the school district. “This activity does not comply with state standards or CMS curriculum or approved lesson plans.”
The school district also noted that other door decorations, such as those related to “Motown legends” and “Women of Excellence,” are appropriate.
One decoration read, “Rosa sat so Obama and Harris could run and Martin could walk.”
While some people on social media were clearly offended by the decorations, others said it was a good lesson for children.
“This has brought the past to the fore in a way that many of us today have not directly experienced,” one commenter said on Facebook. “This was the reality not too long ago. That’s exactly the lesson.”
“I think things like this make this history more real and allow us to have conversations and gain perspective. I think it’s great,” read another comment.
Here’s a news video of the incident:
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