Some teacher wept as she took down her religious shrine to Colin Kaepernick because her school district told her to, and the video posted by her student of her crying over it has gone viral.
From People Mag:
According to WINK-TV, Alissa Perry, a math teacher at Port Charlotte High School, made the poster of 31-year-old Kaepernick — who famously protested police brutality and social injustice by taking a knee during the national anthem as a member of the San Francisco 49ers — to celebrate Black History Month.
“Thank you all for participating in this,” Perry, who did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment, says in the video as her voice begins to quiver. “I’m going to go ahead and remove this.”
The video, originally uploaded by student Jaidyn Etheart, quickly went viral and was viewed more than 2 million times as of Friday afternoon.
“Just outrageous. This is Alissa Perry… fighting back tears, after officials at her school and in her district made her take down her Black History Month door cover of Colin Kaepernick because it ‘was offensive’ to some students,” activist Shaun King, 39, wrote on Twitter.
once again, racism being justified . one of the teachers at our school put up a Colin Kaepernick door peice FOR black history month, and the school claimed it was “offensive” and she was forced to take it down. pic.twitter.com/nX7XhpV0wE
— Jaidyn Etheart (@jaidyn_e) February 27, 2019
Uh that’s insane. Even if you think it’s proper to somehow display something to teach about Kaepernick’s protest, she made this absurdly enormous demonstration which obviously and clearly signals her support of his cause. Totally absurd.
Of course, this means to some people that “racism” is alive and well. It’s a shame that so many want to praise Kaepernick for his cheap protest when there are countless other African-Americans who could be a much better example for all students.