A Wake County parent is trying to get a video about the Native American perspective of Thanksgiving banned from schools because she claims it’s filled with lies and is racist to white people.
The YouTube video from Cut.com shows Native Americans using words like “horror beyond measure,” “massacre,” “slaughtered,” “romanticism” and “lies” to describe what thoughts they associate with Thanksgiving.
On Wednesday, the Wake County school system’s Instructional Materials Review Committee unanimously upheld Alston Ridge Middle School’s decision to use the video, despite the objections of parent Beth Braswell. The committee also unanimously voted to allow the video to continue to be used in middle schools and high schools.
“Banning the video does not change the history of the atrocities brought upon the Native Americans that owned this land and were killed by Europeans to creates the colonies,” said Nicole McNeil, a parent member of the district committee. “Instead it suppresses the beliefs and opinions of Native Americans.”