{"id":1487039,"date":"2022-05-21T19:45:33","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T23:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1487039"},"modified":"2022-05-21T19:45:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T23:45:50","slug":"kids-book-praising-aoc-mocking-mcconnell-and-dissing-faith-in-nyc-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kids-book-praising-aoc-mocking-mcconnell-and-dissing-faith-in-nyc-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids\u2019 Book Praising AOC, Mocking McConnell, And Dissing Faith In NYC Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkids-book-praising-aoc-mocking-mcconnell-and-dissing-faith-in-nyc-schools%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1487039&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/3F989601-6C15-4DD4-B4BF-F990DDFF46CA-scaled.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A book for fifth-graders now at New York City Public School libraries glorifies leftist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), mocks Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and stars a \u201cqueer\u201d black child named Demetrius who feels \u201cshame\u201d in church,\u00a0the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/21\/this-controversial-book-talks-about-aoc-instead-of-abcs\/\">New York Post reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat You Don\u2019t Know: A Story of Liberated Childhood\u201d was written and illustrated by Anastasia Higginbotham and is listed on a reading list for the city school system\u2019s upcoming \u201cMosaic\u201d curriculum. In it, Demetrius tries to find a friend\u00a0\u201cwho\u2019s queer like me,\u201d and his \u201cspirit\u201d meets Jesus in a Catholic church.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChurches can preach all they want about love,\u201d the boy says. \u201cThe only thing that I feel when I\u2019m here is shame.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Jesus tells him \u201ceveryone is invited to love and be loved,\u201d the boy points to a man who Higginbotham confirmed was meant to be McConnell and says, \u201cEven \u2014 ?\u201d Jesus replies \u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Join author and illustrator Anastasia Higginbotham tomorrow at 6 pm ET for interactive Roller-Skating Party collage fun celebrating &#8220;What You Don&#8217;t Know: A Story of Liberated Childhood.&#8221; Check out the book trailer and RSVP here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3kKmUEKofw\">https:\/\/t.co\/3kKmUEKofw<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dottirpress?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@dottirpress<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8QRzwiQasC\">pic.twitter.com\/8QRzwiQasC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Malaprop&#8217;s Bookstore\/Cafe (@Malaprops) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Malaprops\/status\/1354154200717004800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/21\/this-controversial-book-talks-about-aoc-instead-of-abcs\/\">The Post<\/a>, which reviewed a copy of the book, reported that it states,\u00a0\u201cWe will rewrite the rules we live by and love the world into balance,\u201d with a picture of Demetrius and his parents watching AOC and fellow \u201cSquad\u201d members Representatives Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) on television.<\/p>\n<p>The blurb for the book on Amazon says it \u201c<span class=\"a-text-bold\">delves into queerness, Blackness, and the love that dismantles whiteness.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>One Staten Island mom said she thought the book was anti-Catholic and that, with its mix of religion and politics, \u201chas no place in the classroom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a horrible book,\u201d a Staten Island mom <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/21\/this-controversial-book-talks-about-aoc-instead-of-abcs\/\">told the Post<\/a>. She said\u00a0the principal at her child\u2019s school refused to distribute it.<\/p>\n<p>Higginbotham is the author of other children\u2019s books, including \u201cDeath Is Stupid,\u201d \u201cTell Me About Sex, Grandma,\u201d and \u201cNot My Idea: A Book About Whiteness.\u201d The latter is\u00a0about a child who \u201cconnects to the opportunity and their responsibility to dismantle white supremacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among other books listed in the Mosaic curriculum were \u201cThe Bell Rang,\u201d which attempts to explain slavery to kindergartners; \u201cI\u2019m Not a Girl,\u201d which is for first-graders and discusses being transgender; and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/07\/kids-book-our-skin-in-nyc-schools-blames-racism-on-whites\/\">Our Skin<\/a>,\u201d which is for kids as young as two, and blames the idea of race and racism on white people, the Post reported.<\/p>\n<p>Reached for comment by the Post,\u00a0Higginbotham lashed out at her critics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never expected people who cling to the oppressive, dying institutions of patriarchy and white supremacy to like that book,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A book for fifth-graders now at New York City Public School libraries glorifies leftist Rep. 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