America, 2016:

‘White guilt’ video kerfuffle: Should schools teach structural racism?

As part of an educational Black History Month program, Glen Allen High School in Henrico County, Va., showed its 1,500-some students an animated four-minute video called “Structural Discrimination: The Unequal Opportunity Race” last week during a schoolwide assembly.

But when parents heard about the video’s content, which was produced by the African American Policy Forum over 10 years ago, many reacted in outcry. The backlash was so intense that the school has since banned it, labeling “racially divisive.”

“They are sitting there watching a video that is dividing them up from a racial standpoint. It’s a white guilt kind of video,” Don Blake, whose granddaughter attended the assembly, told WWBT news. “I think somebody should be held accountable for this.”

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At first, the school defended its decision to show the film.

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But after “numerous emails and phone calls objecting to the video,” administrators ultimately conceded.

“The Henrico School Board and administration consider this to be a matter of grave concern,” School Board Chair Micky Ogburn said in a statement released to The Washington Post. “School leaders have been instructed not to use the video in our schools. In addition, steps are being taken to prevent the use of racially divisive materials in the future. We do apologize to those who were offended and for the unintended impact on our community.”

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Here, you decide:

The Unequal Opportunity Race