High School Is Accused Of Censorship As Officials Rip Out Yearbook Pages On The News

[Diamond_Dog]

This is just pathetic.

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The theme of Bigelow High School's 2020 - 2021 yearbook was The Roaring 20s. But it appears officials at the Arkansas school wanted the student record of the events of the tumultuous year to be a little less of a roar and more of a meow.

Before delivering the keepsakes to students earlier this month, school administrators ripped out a two-page spread depicting a timeline of events from the academic year. Among the high/lowlights included were the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, former President Donald Trump's claims of a rigged election, the Jan. 6 insurrection, and the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

It is unclear exactly who was behind the decision to excise the pages from the student-designed yearbook, but East End School District Superintendent Heidi Wilson justified the move by citing "community backlash."

Wilson did not reply to NPR's requests for comment.

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https://www.npr.org/2021/08/20/1029898611/high-school-accused-censorship-rip-out-yearbook-pages-floyd-covid-riot

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1. "Community backlash"

Or, to put it another (and more accurate) way, lingering butthurt by some people who can't quite come to terms with reality. Trump lost, get over it.

[Solly Mack]

2. Wilson admitted there was no evidence to support her claim of "community backlash".

No emails, no community meetings, no nothing.

It was her decision then, most likely.

Asshole.

[Beartracks]

3. Backlash over an as-yet-unseen yearbook?