Unless you literally did not have the Internet last November, you must know about the Idaho elementary school teachers who decided that a Halloween costume of a border wall would make a great idea. Of course, it wasn’t. We catch up on the story with reporter Nicole Foy of The Idaho Press to find out what has happened since this story went global and viral. Well, for one, a Latino astronaut visited the school last week.
These teachers should be walled off because their level of sensitivity is so low it’s below zero. Extremely racist, insensitive, ignorant, and nasty. What kind of atmosphere does this cause for the Latino students who are already dealing with racism and ignorance? Seems to me it gives the white supremacists further encouragement to carry out racist behavior including violence against Latinos and People of Color. And what about the administrators of the school? What role have they been playing? Are they outwardly allowing this kind of disgusting behavior, or silently permitting it? Good that apologies were “demanded” but the conclusion, that these teachers had no hate in their hearts, then what motivated them?? And what about the other adults who are in the school? I hope they’re speaking out? And I hope the parents continue to speak out, but it’s important that it’s not just the Latino parents, but important that African American and especially white parents speak out in opposition. Unfortunately seems like another example of the spread of racism throughout U.S. society.