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A Massachusetts school bans Homer’s “The Odyssey” and joins a progressive effort to purge classics from school curriculums.
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Massachusetts teacher says she is “very proud” to have removed Homer’s classic from school curriculum
by GCT P December 31, 2020 GREEK CITY TIMES A Massachusetts teacher said she is “very proud” to have removed one of Homer’s classics from the school curriculum. |
Wall Street Journal’s Meghan Cox Gurdon revealed in a column that “critical-theory ideologues, schoolteachers and Twitter agitators are purging and propagandizing against classic texts,” including Homer’s The Odyssey.
Gurdon highlighted that in 2018, a Seattle English teacher tweeted that he would rather die than teach the “The Scarlet Letter” under the hashtag #disruptexts.
The biography of Twitter account @DisruptTexts, says it is “a movement to rebuild the literary canon using an antibias, antiracist critical literacy lens.” read more
Gurdon highlighted that in 2018, a Seattle English teacher tweeted that he would rather die than teach the “The Scarlet Letter” under the hashtag #disruptexts.
The biography of Twitter account @DisruptTexts, says it is “a movement to rebuild the literary canon using an antibias, antiracist critical literacy lens.” read more
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