EXCLUSIVE: Students asked to analyze 'white supremacy,' read 'antiracism' book in Calif. school district

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The book written by Ibram X. Kendi has been removed from some schools due to concerns it contains 'selective storytelling.'

Photo of the Oxnard Union High School District and photo of "Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You" by Jason Reyonds and Ibram X. Kendi. Students in a California school district are expected to be able to analyze "white supremacy," sparking outrage with a parents' rights group.

The curriculum's third unit focuses on "privilege," "oppression," "intergenerational trauma," and various systems, including politics, education and prisons. One of the goals of the unit is for students to "analyze the concept of white supremacy ." Students are also asked to read "Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You" by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds. The book, which isas an "exploration of racism and antiracism in America" on Kendi's website, has been removed from schools nationwide due toMichele Exner, a senior advisor for PDE, told CITC that Oxnard Union's inclusion of "Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You" is "laughable.

 

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