Tennessee principal apologizes for 'All Lives Matter' theme for Black History Month

[sarisataka]

Tennessee principal apologizes for 'All Lives Matter' theme for Black History Month

The principal at a Chattanooga, Tennessee, middle school has apologized after announcing that the school's Black History Month theme would be "All Lives Matter."

East Ridge Middle School announced the theme in its weekly newsletter, which was sent out to families Sunday.

Principal Christy Caldwell Drake issued an apology Monday, explaining that her inspiration for the theme was a mural in the school which says "Where Every Child Matters."

"I want to apologize for not more fully considering the context of that theme," she wrote in a letter that was sent to families.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/02/us/tennessee-principal-all-lives-matter-trnd/index.html

That definitely could have been considered a little more.

[ret5hd]

1. Oh, it was "considered". She knew exactly...then she got called on it.

[pamela]

4. Maybe not.

She's black, so I doubt she was trying to get away with a racist message in the first place.

[CurtEastPoint]

5. That was the point of my post. I was shocked to see she is African American!

[ret5hd]

6. That is very disappointing...

after everything that has happened, what was she thinking.

[stopdiggin]

7. hey -- Clarence Thomas, Ben Carson ....

there are black people that are perfectly capable of pandering ...
(and this could have been an innocent mistake. but, yee gods -- talk about tone deaf! this woman's been hiding under a rock for ...? and an educator?)

[CurtEastPoint]

2. omg she is...

https://erms.hcde.org/about_us/principal_of_the_pioneers

[blueinredohio]

3. That's what pisses me off.

They post things or say things that are wrong then when they get called on it they apologize. It shouldn't be said in the first place.