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i feel people should not be able to opt out of black history month because that is how people are taught to be races

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I think it's pretty dumb and ignorant. I agree with Mitchell and what he said because that is a very good example of racism being taught. Why would a school even think about doing that. I think the staff that thought about that idea should be fired and have their degree for teaching eliminated. I wouldn't want to be part of that district and feel bad for the 3 black kids that probably have gone through racism and have felt horrible due to the school's decision. Black History Month should be mandatory like we learn about this country's background or Egyptian culture and much much more.

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The fact that people would consider doing this law are have it past out is sickening to because there are hundreds if not thousand of brilliant black minds out there that kids wont get to know about since parents would opt out of the teaching of black history month. This is the exact example of why racism is taught because you make your kids think about one race and say that the other races are terrible and they are bad and not being able to see that most black people are smart and have brilliant minds and there not that bad if you look closely. This is the only month that black people have for being re

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My thought on this is that it is weird because parents don't want their children to learn about the black history month, even thought it is part of their education.

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i think family's should celebrate black history month because it's a part of history and not celebrating it would jusy be missing out on the important part of wants going on. Theeveryday objects we use were created by people we appriciate in black history month. For example in a box of crayons we get plenty of colors asnd need all of them to make a beautiful drawing.

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Ridiculous, Absolutely ridiculous. I mean who would let their kid opt out on an important part of American History. Of course it takes place in utah. The south has tons of history for being racist. Anyways, I think that if JCGCS were to allow parents to opt out their kids in Black History month, I would be sick. I would leave the school, and lose respect for the school completely. Nobody should be able to opt out on learning our history. Black History Month allows students and teachers to learn all about the amazing Black people who invented and made such amazing things. It also allows us to take a deeper look into Black History than we normally would.  There are so many Black people and creators that have made and done amazing things. Black History month is the month to take that into appreciation. Every month we should take that into appreciation. There was such a impact with all the African Americans and what they did for the entire world. Just like the person who created the GPS, they were a African American. Theres all these African American people who are not recognized for their amazing contributions to America.

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Black History7 month should not be a voice in choice since it is very im;oartant and it recognizes other people that were untold about that have created things that we sue everyday and they do nto get credit for what they do.As well as since they are gonna miss out on a huge part of history of American history. Since Black history is a huge part of American History and that is making them not learn how this country was built and how it was was built on people of color.This can tell that maybe the school did not choose there may have been parent that were bugging the school to do this for their child to opt out of Black history month and they may have gotten to the school. But this is history school are meant to teach us this not hide it from and seal it away when ever we learn about black history new voices are heard and more people want to talk about all the injustice as well as discrimination.I believe my view on Jcgcs would since we are a diverse school with many people of color in our building.

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I believe that it is extremely imperative to learn about black history and that people shouldn't really be given the opinion whether they want to learn it or not. February is a month that is dedicated to black history and I think of it in a disrespectful kind of way because you don't want to learn about history that has actually happened and all the struggles that black people have gone through and their remarkable accomplishments.

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its dumb

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I believe that people should have their own opinion not saying that being able to opt out is right. I think that people should learn about black history regardless just like how they would learn American History usually. I think that this is truly immature and that people should not be able to opt out of such an important subject. I think that school districts made this decision because of how the students react to such a topic.

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Learning about this made me genuinely concerned for the future of America. Using our "voice and choice" and labelling it as our "Civil Rights" in order to refuse to engage in learning about black figures and history is shocking. Black figures and other unsung figures should not have gone through so much pain dating back from many centuries ago to have parents "opt" their child out simply because they're uncomfortable. Black history is VITAL to understand our current events and how they tie into the pain of the past.

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My thoughts of this statement kinda leaves me in shock because of the o how the school would give them the idea to bail from Black History month.Black history is something that kids would learn about the civil rights and it shows about of what does the African American heroes that made america today.Another thing to point out is that it is a good topic to learn about for students and could possibly inspire them for what they have done throughout that point of history.

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I think that the world we live today is racist because due to some partrent they do not want their children to learn what had happened in the past about black people. It's such a harsh thing to bring up because whatever what happened in the past its history and I think everyone should learn about it. That's telling everyone that they don't care about black history month.

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I believe that this is very wrong. It makes no sense for people to not want to learn about something so important. It is good to know the history and the people that made history for this country. It is just so racist that people would not want to learn about other role models who changed many wrongs to rights just because of their skin color. This decision that the school made just shows how inconsiderate the school is.

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How I feel about the video saying parents are opting out there there kids to not learn about Black History month is very disgusting . Its like saying H.w Is a option when you know its mandatory . I'm just mad on how the parents see this okay because it rely is not . this shows how some people are uneducated about what really happen in america .

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I totally agree with Donovan Mitchell and i do agree its important to learn about black history. some parents over there i feel like were ignorant because they didnt want there child leaning about it and i think its extremly worng because eventually they will learn but for them at one point wasnt required so those parents didnt feel the need to have there kids learn about it and like i said before its ignorant.

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I think that this was a very bad choice letting people opt out of learning black history month. Black history month is a month to learn about the history and things that the black American's have accomplished. Also you get to learn about the history of some of the best people in America.

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My thoughts and feelings about this video is disappointed. Why would parents opt their kids that they don't want them to not participate in something important and educating? I bet that if they were learning something about romans or indians, they wouldn't tell them to opt out of the activites the school planned for them. The fact that the kids couldn't have a say into what their parents are deciding for them is so rude. Black History Month is apart of our history and country because without Black History, we wouldn't have what we have today. I am still confused on why white people don't like blacks. Black people are human too. Just because we have different skin colors, doesn't mean you can see us as monsters or a threat.

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I feel as if this should not be an option to opt of of that type of curriculum. I was very flabbergasted when I heard that Utah was letting people opt of of a curriculum that is so important. This shouldn't be an example of voice and choice since it can show how such an important subject can go into the hands of the other people of such a chunk of American history.

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I didnt know that this was an option and i feel that it shouldn't. Black history is PART of american history and we should learn about it regardless. I guess i understand the people dont want to learn about all teh harsh truth about what happend but they need to understand that this is reality and all of this was actually happening to people. An normally during black history month most teachers mostly shine light on "unsung heros" Its usually just larning about people who didnt recive teh credit that they should've. Honestly I find it pretty disrespectful that they can just CHOOSE not to learn about black history. Like, we cant choose just to NOT learn about the white washed american history in teh texts books soo why should people be able to choose whether or no to learn about things that acutally happened.

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I think it is disrespectful for them to do something like that at schools because black history month is something important to learn about and for kids to learn about

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Frankly, we live in this world. A world where people have hatred, prejudice, and bias against other individuals. Why would anybody make learning about Black History Month optional? This is a very saddening and disappointing topic but this is what we have all come to. Black History Month is on February which is the SHORTEST month throughout the entire year. There are only 28 days in February, on leap year there is 29. It is sad how we have gone through so much and yet we are STUCK on racism. For example, we have dealt with slavery, segregation, the holocaust, etc and YET we STILL can´t overcome the racism, hatred, prejudice, and bias in this world? There is not much needed to be said except we have gone through so much why can´t we just overcome this?

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I feel like this is pretty racist due to the fact that you want students to not learn about a specific racist and the history of the race. There are so things you can learn from black history month and what they had to deal with. The choice that the school gave the parents is racist, but if they want to op out of learning it, I find it not really racist.

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What person thought in this day and age that this would be a good idea. This shouldn't even be a thought that comes to mind. If you are a parent and agree to this than that is like opting your child of learning algebra, it is something you need to know and will be used in real life. Yes my perception would change because this is not right especially as a school which such a large population of unsinglular races. Also one questions that is bugging me that if the parents think like this and make their child do it, do they ask how the child feels, and how much freedom does the child get, thats the real question. There is freedom of voice and then you got wrong and right, people nowadays should be taught to find the difference. Also if you don't like them being black think of them as people, normal people, it really shouldn't be that hard.

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I am extremally disappointed in the school in Utah that thought it was ok for parents to decide in opt outing there kids to learn about BLM. Why would a school to now make it mandetory for there students to learn about something that changed history. Not even that our country was mostly built off of slavery so I don't know why the school wouldn't include this in the mandatory curriculum. Even if the parents don't want to there child to learn these sensitive topic they would still have to learn about slavery, BLM, and civil right movements eventually so it would be better to learn it now instead of them being clues about the outside world. If JCGCS did this I would be probably protest to make use learn about this because it is very vital in

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After reading this, I'm genuinely surprised that this was an actual option. I understand that the school was trying to deal with "concerned parents" but why would they be concerned about their kids learning about black history, which is still part of American history regardless if they were black or not. I think that this wasn't nessecarily "voice and choice" for families and students because the ones who are learning that in the first place are the students not the parents so why would they opt out for what their kids are learning. Second, opting out of black History month just because it's black history would be like opting out of a chunk of general history. People can't choose to opt out of Math class just because they want to so why should that be a choice for most anything else? I know WHY they made the descicion, but I don't nessecarily think it was the right one because by saying they could opt out of learning about this, they're somehow conveying the message that it's okay to opt out of learning of certain issues we have i society, and the people who don't learn about the issue sometimes ARE the issue. I think my perception of JCGCS would definitely change if they had this option because we're a school that takes pride in learning about differnt cultures and accomplishments of everyone in our diverce soviety and student body and if they had the option to opt out of just one of them or even multiple, I think that's somewhat disrespectful.

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If JCGCS had did that I might have left on the decision of who posted the comment and why they posted the comment. I feel that everyone in my school respects each other but in my school for someone to write this would bring some disrespect from the school. For them to do this in their school is disrespectful for the families of color inside of that school and if they would get shut down I would not care because If they just decided one day to disrespect the past the why should we care for them.

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In my opinion I think this very bad because they are many things happening in the world. It's not showing any respect and it showing that they don't care. The kids needs to know the history about black history month.

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I personally think that this was sad, Too much is goin on too much to do with racism. WHats the point of not being educated how can we learn from that ? It should not be taken out of the curriculum in my opinion, Its history an IMPORTANT part of history that we should all know about, We should all know their names.

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This school Utah was given the opportunity to skip out of black history month, I don't think that was a good idea because your saying it's ok to skip out against a history about African American's impact on our society. However I don't think was nesscarily an act out of hate. From what I understand no families signed up so Nobody had an issue with it and the immediately stopped the program. I honestly think because of the racial tension they were trying to not allow that in there school I don't know I feel like it just was gone about the wrong thing. Not saying the principals actions were correct but i don't think they came into this with a harmful intent. I do think black history is important to learn and a great thing that must be taught to to keep all races and children, and adults to be educated on all histories.

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After watching the video and reading the background, I feel very concerned for our country's future and how many people really care about our history. The fact that our own American history was an option for some people to learn about really says a lot about the privilege these people have. Even though no families had chosen to opt out of it, it still sickens me that someone thought this was a good idea for the students. This should absolutely NOT be an option, because this is American history we're talking about. If people choose to not learn about it, then that allows them to be ignorant to what happened in our past. Not only this, but students won't know where our country has come from, or what we strive to change about it. This fuels the fire or racism and ignorance in our country, and fortifies white privilege.

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I think that this is very sad and disgusting. There are so many things happening in the world right now. People not being educated isn't going to help. Us students are the future and if we are not aware of these things. There will me no change. It's not going to be good for our country. I feel that this shoudn't be an option and that all children must learn this because it's history. This shows that the school district does not care about the future of this country and the future of their children.

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Honestly in my opinion, I think these things should not be taken out of the curriculum because this is important, it is history. Why would you, and how could you take that opportunity away from your child just because they wanted to learn. I think having that mindset is a really bad thing and if our school did that it would just be unfair. Why and how could you this is very important and they want to tell you and inform you about all of this information because it is important and it made America equal again. Who wouldn't want your kids to learn history and to be well rounded in all subjects. It just makes me sick and disgusted that parents would do that to their own kids education.

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I think that choice was extremely dumb to even consider. Just because parents don't want their kids to learn about that doesn't mean anything. The school can teach the kids whatever they want as long as it's appropriate and they understand the full story. Black history isn't a separate history, its a part of American history. The only thing parents should be able to opt out of is maybe discussions about extremely violent or inappropriate events, and that should only be an option if the kids are pretty young.

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In my opinion this is the most dumbest thing I have ever heard. How can you make your children opt out of American history. To be honest if some parents don't want their kids to learn about black history then so be it. They're the ones who are going to miss out on learning the wonderful things that we have done as black people. I have no idea why the school district made this in option they must be slow. This says that they don't care about black history. But they should cause we helped build lots of this country.

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After reading the background information and watching video,i feel like this was a very dumb decision to make because black history is a very important part of american history.I dont think this should be an option because the students need to know what is going in country and what has been going on for the past century.I feel like the school made this decision because the parents didn't want there kids to learn about Black history and did not want to lose students.This shows that the school district has become very corrupt.

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I think that this is very disrespectful and wild. It is so crazy how people still have the mindset that black history shouldn't be spoken about and should just be kept hidden. I do think that black history should be apart of students curium. Like everyone says, racism is taught, so them saying they do not want to learn about black history is like them saying they do not care about the pain and truma black people have been through. If JCGCS decided to do that, I would be shocked and know that they are in the wrong. Lastly, it shows overall that, that district is racist and aren't aware about their surrondings.

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I feel like this is very weird how they would allow people to opt out of learning about black history . It is extremely important for someone to learn about our history and for schools to give people options to not learn about it is disgraceful. Kids need to learn about what was going on back then and how important it is.

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I wouldn't respect this school as much because that is an important part of American history and it shouldn't be allowed to be skipped. This school is a very diverse school and it would make everyone disappointed in this school because they don't teach about the truth of American history and especially since this has shown it's ability to teach important subjects like this. This clearly a school that doesn't care about black history because they had a small number of Black students in their school so they thought nobody would know or care but they were caught by NBA players and they removed the option.

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I think they were racist and didn't want anyone to learn about is History of the race they hate for some weird reason. I feel that if this was JCGCS I would probably leave because of the Idea in the first place but Overall I probably would stay. I probably wouldn't have shown respect to the students parents who chose yes but I would stay depending on the decision of my parents for the decision.

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I believe that this should not be an option even though though there is not that many black people in the school and it should not be about how many people in the school are black it should be that we are proud of them so lets show it to the class and know about black history month. I do not want to be part of this school because they are mostly racist and I would never want a school that is like that. I perception would change because this is something we should all learn.

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Read the background information and watch the video on the Utah School District that decided to allow families to opt out of a Black History curriculum. What are your thoughts? Should this be an example of "voice and choice" for families and students? Do you believe that this should be an option? Why or why not? Why do you think the school district made this decision? What does this say about the school district? Is this a school district you would want to be apart of, why or why not? Would your perception of JCGCS change if your families were provided the same option? Do you think JCGCS would ever make this decision? Explain.

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Maria Montessori Academy Director Micah Hirokawa posted Friday to the North Ogden, Utah, school's Facebook page that he had sent out a letter that allowed families “to exercise their civil rights to not participate in Black History Month at the school,” the Standard-Examiner in Ogden first reported.

The letter included an opt-out form for parents to fill out after a “few families” asked not to participate, Hirokawa wrote. The school's Facebook page appears to have since been taken down.

Hirokawa confirmed in a statement posted to a Facebook group Sunday that the school had backtracked on its decision.

"We are grateful that families that initially had questions and concerns have willingly come to the table to resolve any differences and at this time no families are opting out of our planned activities and we have removed this option," he said. "In the future, we will handle all parental concerns on an individual basis."

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