Ontario school district pulls Indigenous author's book for being too Indigenous - Walking Eagle News
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April 20, 2022
An Ontario school district has pulled an Indigenous author's book from library shelves and warned teachers not to use it because it's simply too Indigenous.
School district officials said the fantasy novel The Great Bear, written by Cree writer David A. Robertson, has been found to contain 347% more Indigeneity than recommended levels.
"These Indigenous levels are off the charts!" a spokesperson for Durham District School Board said, clutching an Indigi-O-Meter. "It's too Indigenous for the children!"
Long-term exposure to Indigenous literature has been known to lead to children having knowledge of Indigenous stories, and in some cases speaking Indigenous languages.
It's not the first time a public agency has banned Indigenous books and knowledge. In 2017, Saskatchewan parents were outraged when the new Indigenous curriculum turned their kids into First Nation, Metis, and Inuit Peoples.
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Damn those history books.
She is indigenous and beautiful.
He is not.
wtf?
It's satire, devan. I don't know why it wasn't listed that way.
Groups don't have the same access as direct Home (Front) Page articles to categorize the content of an article/seed.
I'm glad it's satire. Being from Ontario I got really upset when I first saw the title.
Ah, thanks Buzz.
The Indig-o-meter.
Yea, they will be a hot item on Amazon. LOL
Like cheap wrist blood pressure cuffs - those things are never accurate,
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I have an Omron wrist blood pressure cuff, and I have checked is accuracy with three different doctors using a sleeve and bulb and wrist units to test the Omron accuracy. And it is accurate with the sleeve and bulb unit and the wrist unit. And it did not cost me that much.
So perhaps the accuracy has to do with the brand of wrist cuff unit one buys.
I have a big Omron, optional battery, wireless, doctor ordered and made me swear to never report numbers to him unless the unit was plugged in.
The docs & nurses took my wrist cuff and threw it away, lol.
That is why they make various types and brands of blood pressure units. Glad you have one that is accurate and meets your needs. But, they are not all the same.
The Omron was suggested by two of my doctors, so I feel it is a good brand. And several of my doctors offices use the Omron cuff units as well.
As the saying goes, "Different strokes for different folks", or something like that.
If they don’t keep these books out of the schools, kids will think it’s ok to be indigenous. Stop the grooming!
Exactly, it never ends, our schools have become grooming sites.
Jeez, every Irish Catholic boy I grew up with thought they were indigenous, lol.
I didn't see in the article what the recommended daily dosage level of Indigeneity is. I might be getting overexposed where I am. Other than finding beautiful women beautiful, what are the other signs to look for?
As an aside...is the underlying story satire?
https://www.thestar.com/local-oshawa/news/2022/04/18/ddsb-responds-to-criticism-after-book-by-indigenous-author-pulled-from-school-library-shelves.html#:~:text=It%20recently%20came%20to%20light%20that%20the%20board,of%20the%20Governor%20General’s%20Literary%20Award.%20Skip%20Advertisement
Clicked the link to read more, and, as I tend to do, clicked the linked article in the linked article. Seems this was really removed by the school.
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It's too late for me, but the rest of you white people should run. Run away!
Remember your an nitaawigi'aagan Anishinaabe.
Tipi crawling, 49ing, snagging for starters.
Yes, it is a true story, sadly. Not the first and certainly not the last.
One that was quite interesting was Sherman Alexie's book, ''The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian.''
After it was banned in some school districts it sold thousands of additional copies.
That's what I feared.
I'm not saying it's right, but at least there were some objective reasons given for the ban of Alexie's book. Robertson's book allegedly did not comply with the district's policy of promoting indigenous people, heritage, culture, etc. I find that extremely hard to believe. Sounds, to me, like the district's policy is nothing but lip service.
The problem was that it was real and most school boards couldn't deal with that.
I find it strange as well, to say the least. the author being Cree. So I suppose the district knows indigenous people better than the real thing.