Government-run schools: Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are racist
From the Portland TribuneSchools beat the drum for equity
Verenice Gutierrez picks up on the subtle language of racism every day.
Take the peanut butter sandwich, a seemingly innocent example a teacher used in a lesson last school year.
“What about Somali or Hispanic students, who might not eat sandwiches?” says Gutierrez, principal at Harvey Scott K-8 School, a diverse school of 500 students in Northeast Portland’s Cully neighborhood.
“Another way would be to say: ‘Americans eat peanut butter and jelly, do you have anything like that?’ Let them tell you. Maybe they eat torta. Or pita.”
Gutierrez goes to to claim peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are an example of white privilege, before verbally assaulting white parents for complaining about her school’s decision to shut white students out of certain classes.
