Student in AP English class gets award-winning memoir of famous Black author banned from curriculum on grounds that it "made me feel uncomfortable" and "ashamed to be a Caucasian."

Vagueness of South Carolina’s new laws governing teaching about race are what made this possible.

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Why a South Carolina high school decided to censor Ta-Nehisi Coates

Mary Wood teaches English literature at Chapin High School in Chapin, South Carolina. Wood, who has been teaching for over a decade, offers a variety of honors courses, including Advanced Placement (AP) English Language and Composition. AP courses give high school students the opportunity to earn college credit. To get credit, students must receive a passing score on an exam produced by the College Board, the same organization that produces the SAT.

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@mimsical Thanks to the right, the US is a world leader in bigotry and ignorance, and in every other country in the west the right wants to do the same thing. To be white means collectively never having to say you’re sorry, or acknowledge privilege.