I love love love hearing that teachers like Karen Salazar exist. I just wish I was hearing about her under different circumstances (such as being the recipient of a Teacher of the Year award). But no.
Salazar was recently fired from her job as an LA school teacher because her curriculum was deemed too “Afrocentric.” According to Salazar:
I am being fired because I am trying to ensure that my curriculum is relevant to my students’ daily lived experiences, and in the process, create a space for them to be critical of Eurocentric society and curricula that only serve to reinforce their dehumanization, subjugation, and oppression …
