When a child named Curtis Bowen was slapped by his teacher at Martin Luther King Jr., Elementary School, no one really heard about it. Except for President Obama, Vice President Biden, their wives, three senators, and more than 20 other officials.
They all were CC’ed on the whopping 40-page letter that Curtis’ mother, Lisa Henry Bowen, sent to school district superintendent John Covington. In it, Bowen makes mind-boggling demands for reparations. One recipient called the letter “one of the craziest things I’ve ever seen” and leaked it to the Internet. And Lisa Henry Bowen even created her own web site for the occasion: www.CurtisGotSlapped.com.
LINK TO DOCUMENT (PLEASE READ THIS AMAZING LETTER)
At first you think this was pretty noble of her (aside from being laughably thorough). Getting teachers anger management classes, asking for apologies etc etc… then you get to demands 3.0 and see her asking for things like annual $1500 gift cards to Walmark, free health care and weekly lessons from famous Jazz musicians.
And then you get to page 29 or so and you suddenly feel the urge to buy one of those “Dear black people: Stop embarrassing me!” shirts whether you’re black or not.
Saddest part? She plasters this poor child’s face on every page of the letter so all the other students at school will know exactly who to make fun of and for what. That tye-dye picture will be the death of him.
Hopefully it’s a joke… but really these days who knows.
Actually I hope it’s not a joke.
