VIDEO: Teachers at Seattle Elementary School to Wear BLM Shirts in Class
Video: Teachers at Seattle Elementary School to Wear BLM Shirts in Class
Teacher Jennifer Whitney wants to start conversations about race, and why they see people of color dealing with incarceration rates that are too high and college graduation rates that are too low.
September 13, 2016
At Seattle’s John Muir Elementary (K through 5), teachers plan to wear Black Lives Matter t-shirts in class next Friday.
Teacher Jennifer Whitney came up with the idea to make t-shirts that read: "Black Lives Matter, We Stand Together" with the schools name included.
Whitney wants to start conversations about race, and why they see people of color dealing with incarceration rates that are too high and college graduation rates that are too low.
“It is part of the oppression, the systemic oppression that continues on,” Whitney told KING5 TV .