Mass. 2nd-grader sent home for crucifix drawing
 

TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — An 8-year-old boy was sent home from school and ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation after he was asked to make a Christmas drawing and came up with what appeared to be a stick figure of Jesus on a cross, the child's father said Tuesday.

Chester Johnson told WBZ-TV that his son made the drawing on Dec. 2 after his second-grade teacher asked children to sketch something that reminded them of the holiday.

Johnson said the teacher became upset when his son said he drew himself on the cross. Johnson, who is black, told WBZ he suspects racism is involved. He said he thinks the school overreacted and wants an apology.


Johnson told the Taunton Daily Gazette, which first reported the story on Tuesday, that his son gets specialized reading and speech instruction and has never been violent in school.

An educational consultant working with the Johnson family said the teacher was also alarmed when the boy drew Xs for Jesus' eyes.

A call to Johnson was not immediately returned.

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"Johnson, who is black, told WBZ he suspects racism is involved."

GTFOHWTBS :rolleyes:

Ummm...so...he got in trouble for drawing "Jesus" on the crucifix because it reminds him of Christmas?

Uh...:confused:...what's wrong with what he drew?

The stick figure looked more like Michael Jackson. :o

Kid got his holidays mixed up? That is the only thing I see wrong and this isn't even my religion.

I'm confused....read that again....did he draw Jesus or himself?

Himself, FTA.

I'm guessing the racism charges would arise from the fact that the figure on the cross was a black person and black Jesus is too much for some folks to handle.

Oh, I thought the "himself" was as a typo or something.

He drew "himself" on the crucifix? Maybe he was drawing how Jesus died on the cross for him? Idunno. Certainly not disciplinary action-worthy. What ever happened to talking to parents about what their kids did (just in case there's an issue there) and letting the parents talk to the kids?

So wait...since religion is not 'allowed' in school, there is a ban on Christ drawings?

Rhetorical question time.

So, did he draw himself or did he just say he drew himself because he drew a Black Jesus (and the kid's Black)?

Kinda like "I...am...Malcolm X."

how do we know that Jesus is Black?

Exactly. I see a stick figure drawn in black ink/crayon/marker.

There shouldn't be. I'm confused by this.

I'm reading that he was drawing himself on the cross, but the teacher was thinking black Jesus.

Maybe I'm reading in or misreading or not reading or something?

Let's try this one on for size

see this here:
Chester Johnson said his son made the drawing on Dec. 2 after his second-grade teacher asked children to sketch something that reminded them of the holiday. The assignment came just days after the family had visited the holiday lights display at the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette in Attleboro, where Johnson said his son seemed taken with the religious statues he saw there.
"When he seen the crucifixion of Jesus on the cross, that's what he drew," Johnson said. "He liked that. That drew his eye."