The poem written and delivered by Amanda Gorman at President Joe Biden’s inauguration is now among the pieces of literature that are off-limits to one Florida school, thanks to the objection of just one parent.
The poem, entitled, “The Hill We Climb,” joined three books being barred from the library in a K-8 school in Miami Dade County, according to the Miami Herald. All four pieces of work were singled out because of the one parent’s concerns over critical race theory.
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From the Miami Herald:
In March, Daily Salinas, a parent of two students at Bob Graham Education Center in Miami Lakes, challenged The ABCs of Black History, Cuban Kids, Countries in the News Cuba, the poem The Hills We Climb, which was recited by poet Amanda Gorman at the inauguration of President Joe Biden, and Love to Langston for what she said …