Melissa Tempel criticized the Waukesha college district’s ban on discussing issues resembling race and LGBTQ id.
We communicate with first-grade trainer Melissa Tempel, who was fired final week for a viral tweet by which she criticized the Waukesha, Wisconsin, board of schooling’s determination to ban her college students from singing “Rainbowland” throughout a college live performance earlier this 12 months. The hit track about inclusivity by Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton contains the lyrics “We’re rainbows, me and also you / Each coloration, each hue / Let’s shine on by means of.” The college district mentioned Tempel’s firing was not concerning the track however about the way in which she protested the choice. Tempel says the Waukesha college district’s so-called controversial content material coverage, which bans discussions about race, LGBTQ id and different speech thought of political, is “disturbing” and “harmful.”
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