A parent used the n word while reading song lyrics aloud during the public comment portion of a Leander Independent School District board meeting in Texas on Thursday.
The speaker, identified in the meeting as Sheryl, was objecting to N.W.A.’s 1988 protest song, which she said is listed among resources available for an English III course. She said the lyrics remained in the district’s student learning resource portal despite complaints from community members, and she counted how many times she said profanity and the n word appear in the song before reading from it, Complex reported.
Sheryl also criticized the board, accusing it of hypocrisy for defending police while asking officers to attend the meeting. She asked how the district could defend the material and said she did not feel it belonged in a classroom.
The dispute began in the spring, when parents said the district had included the song on a list of approved resources for teachers. A post from the TEACH Parental Rights Coalition on Facebook called the material inappropriate for the classroom and urged parents to speak up. Some parents also encouraged others to keep children home from school on April 28 as part of a protest.
Baller Alert did not find a response from the district to the comments made at the meeting.
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