What message does this send to our Jewish neighbors?”James Cockrum told the McMinn County school board. “Are these stories not there to learn from?”
THENS, Tenn. — Growing up in rural eastern Tennessee, James Cockrum hadn’t given much thought to the possibility that one day he might find himself speaking about his Jewish heritage in front of a packed school board meeting.about the Holocaust from the district’s curriculum, Cockrum celebrated the birth of his daughter. That life-changing moment left the 25-year-old wrestling with the realities of the community he grew up in.“My father was of Jewish descent; I’m of Jewish descent.
Only one board member, Mike Cochran, broached the subject Thursday. Cochran recounted a conversation with a Jewish rabbi who had suggested to him that a Holocaust survivor could talk to students as a possible replacement for the removed book.“I want people to understand that this had nothing to do with the Holocaust on why we took it out,” he said.
The decision largely went unnoticed until an advocacy group called the Tennessee Holler broadcast the news. The book has since moved to the center of a growing national debate about the teaching of disturbing history, including slavery as well as the Holocaust, prompted by recent pushes to limit children’s exposure to certain materials and discussion. In Tennessee, that effort recently
“It’s certainly about Jews, but it’s not just about Jews,” Spiegelman said earlier this week during a virtual discussion on book bans hosted by the Jewish Federation of Greater Chattanooga that more than 10,000 people attended.
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