I agree with CT4.
See, the problem, IMO, stemmed from the IGNORANT parents. The parents were not FULLY informed of what was going on. So it was easier for them to say so and so about this teacher who happened to be "white". Where were these SAME parents when the teacher was reading the story? Instead of the teacher reading the story, why could not the PARENTS have been there reading the story to the children (parental involvement)?
More times than NOT, parents (some) are so quick to jump on the bandwagon when there is an issue, especially if it's RACE related, but when a parent is needed to come out and volunteer, support POSITIVE activities, they are NEVER there.
Yeah, they work and all, but I bet these same parents took off work to waste their time and breath "beating down" this teacher when they didn't know what was going on. Yet, they always will make an excuse as to why they cannot come into the schools to foster a positive learning environment in the classroom and for the entire school.
Sorry for the LONG post....we have ISSUES at school, but only 20-something days left.
[This message has been edited by AKA2D '91 (edited May 01, 2001).]