![]() school yanks Amanda Gorman poem over complaint from one parent who "confused" her with "Oprah" ![]() ![]() The committee, according to the records, opted to relocate four of the five books, including Gorman's title, to the section exclusively for middle schoolers.įla. Salinas' complaint about the poem claimed that it was "not educational" and contained indirect "hate messages." Overall, her objections to the five contested books revolved around concerns of "indoctrination" and "critical race theory." ![]() ![]() The parent whose complaint prompted the removal of Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman's poem from the elementary school section of a Miami-Dade school shared posts to social media that praised the far-right Proud Boys and spread parts of an antisemitic conspiracy.ĪBC News reviewed the posts of a profile appearing to belong to the parent, identified by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency as Daily Salinas, in a Thursday report.Īccording to documents obtained by advocacy group The Florida Freedom to Read Project, Salinas made the initial complaint about Gorman's poem, "The Hill We Climb," and four other texts on March 29. Bob Graham Education Center staff and a representative from another district school reviewed the complaint with two students of the kindergarten through eighth-grade school in April. ![]()
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