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Parents upset their child played racist character in school play
WSBTV.com via WPXI ^ | March 15, 2018 | Wendy Halloran,

Posted on 03/15/2018 11:29:17 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ga. - The Douglas County school district is investigating a complaint that a 7-year-old girl played a racist character in a school play.

In a video of the play, Anastasia Bertram can be seen holding up a sign saying, "Please go home" on one side and "Cursed is the man who integrates" on the other side.

Anastasia's parents said she was asked by her teacher, Jamila James, to fill the role of a white girl opposed to school desegregation during a March 2 play at Burnett Elementary School.

Her teacher told the parents Anastasia volunteered after another student struggled to learn the lines and follow directions. But the Bertrams said they had no idea until she was on stage.

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She had to play Clinton?


21 posted on 03/15/2018 10:26:36 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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