School Teaching Holocaust Denial Sparks Outrage
Is it a coincidence that the teacher and the school superintendent are Muslims?
Also notice how the Associate Press focuses the story on a "threat" that was
apparently received when outraged parents and local citizens found out that
children were being required to write an essay on whether the holocaust was a
"historical event" or a Jewish "political scheme."
(AP) — Whether the Holocaust happened is no longer up for debate at Southern California's Rialto Unified School District.
The initial assignment given to eighth-graders in the San Bernardino County district was to do some research and write an essay explaining whether they believed the Holocaust was a real historical event or a political scheme to influence public emotion and gain.
"It was an error," district spokeswoman Syeda Jafri said Monday.
Several groups, including the Anti-Defamation League, called or emailed the school objecting to the assignment.
One person made a number of calls to police with some very specific death threats, said Rialto police Capt. Randy De Anda. The threats were specific and directed at Jafri and interim Superintendent Mohammad Z. Islam, De Anda said.
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(AP) — Whether the Holocaust happened is no longer up for debate at Southern California's Rialto Unified School District.
The initial assignment given to eighth-graders in the San Bernardino County district was to do some research and write an essay explaining whether they believed the Holocaust was a real historical event or a political scheme to influence public emotion and gain.
"It was an error," district spokeswoman Syeda Jafri said Monday.
Several groups, including the Anti-Defamation League, called or emailed the school objecting to the assignment.
One person made a number of calls to police with some very specific death threats, said Rialto police Capt. Randy De Anda. The threats were specific and directed at Jafri and interim Superintendent Mohammad Z. Islam, De Anda said.
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