{"id":1488021,"date":"2022-05-23T08:00:14","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1488021"},"modified":"2022-05-23T08:00:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T12:00:19","slug":"book-for-nyc-fifth-graders-praises-aoc-bashes-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/book-for-nyc-fifth-graders-praises-aoc-bashes-religion\/","title":{"rendered":"Book for NYC Fifth Graders Praises AOC, Bashes Religion"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fbook-for-nyc-fifth-graders-praises-aoc-bashes-religion%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=1488021&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><\/div>\n<p>A children\u2019s book that reportedly knocks religion and praises Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been distributed to public school libraries, the New York Post reported Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-You-Dont-Know-Coming-Out\/dp\/1948340291\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3FNE8HX1L12XW&#038;keywords=What+You+Don%27t+Know%3A+A+Story+of+Liberated+Childhood&#038;qid=1653236662&#038;sprefix=what+you+don%27t+know+a+story+of+liberated+childhood%2Caps%2C123&#038;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What You Don\u2019t Know: A Story of Liberated Childhood,<\/a>\u201d written by and illustrated by Anastasia Higginbotham, which reportedly appears on a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/27\/chip-roy-racial-segregation-san-antonio-texas-school-district\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fifth-grade<\/a> independent reading list, revolves around a black, \u201cqueer\u201d boy named Demetrius struggling to fit in at school and church. At one point in the story, Demetrius\u2019 spirit is depicted meeting a character that appears to be <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/21\/matthew-dowd-jesus-christ-woke-socialist-groomer-msnbc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jesus<\/a>, who tells him that everyone is invited to love and be loved, including an unnamed white man on the page that appears to resemble Republican Senate Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/19\/mitch-mcconnell-criticizes-republicans-opposed-sending-ukraine-aid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mitch McConnell<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Higginbotham confirms that the character is indeed Sen. McConnell during a book reading on a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0wBGKfomd8o?t=780\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> video, the New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/21\/this-controversial-book-talks-about-aoc-instead-of-abcs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/15\/michael-waltz-brave-books-childrens-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Congressman Writes Children\u2019s Book To Be \u2018Part Of The Solution\u2019 For Woke Education)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s Mitch McConnell. And the child wants to know if even Mitch McConnell is invited to love and be loved considering all the harm he is causing,\u201d Higginbotham says in the video.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/19\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-aoc-engaged-boyfriend-riley-roberts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AOC<\/a>, along with fellow members of\u00a0 \u201cthe Squad,\u201d including Democratic Representatives <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/01\/rep-rashida-tlaib-state-of-the-union-response-squad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rashida Tlaib<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/07\/ayanna-pressley-spent-thousands-dollars-taxpayer-money-private-security-house-records-defund-police-squad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ayanna Pressley<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/16\/ilhan-omar-defends-people-donated-canadian-truckers-freedom-convoy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ilhan Omar<\/a> reportedly appear on a TV as Demetrius watches with his parents later in the book, where its narrator espouses rewriting of rules and resetting world balance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will rewrite the rules we live by and love the world into balance,\u201d the narrator says.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This book for NYC school kids has AOC instead of ABCs <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V0FtoJHPDx\">https:\/\/t.co\/V0FtoJHPDx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tX0gmfEs5k\">pic.twitter.com\/tX0gmfEs5k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1528209293228613632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The book has reportedly been met with parental criticism for its political themes and alleged anti-Catholicism, according to the Post. P.S. 3 in Staten Island\u2019s Pleasant Plains neighborhood has reportedly declined to distribute the book to their library after the book\u2019s content was brought to administrators\u2019 attention, the outlet noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never expected people who cling to the oppressive, dying institutions of patriarchy and white supremacy to like that book,\u201d said Higginbotham in a statement to the Post.<\/p>\n<p>Higginbotham is also the author of another controversial children\u2019s book, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Not-My-Idea-Whiteness-Ordinary\/dp\/1948340003\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3R1O7O7TPWS7V&#038;keywords=not+my+idea&#038;qid=1653236637&#038;sprefix=not+my+idea%2Caps%2C140&#038;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Not My Idea<\/a>\u201c, which reportedly teaches that whiteness is the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/06\/msnbc-professor-eddie-glaude-rolls-eyes-describes-crt-christopher-rufo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">devil<\/a>. The book, along with other children\u2019s books that appear to highlight the praxis of Critical Race Theory, are reportedly featured on the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/07\/nyc-man-accused-stealing-wheelchair-holocaust-survivor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York City<\/a> Department of Education\u2019s new <a href=\"https:\/\/learndoe.org\/mosaiccurriculum\/more-info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Universal Mosaic Curriculum<\/a> set to be implemented next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A children\u2019s book that reportedly knocks religion and praises Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been distributed to public school libraries, the New York Post reported Saturday.\u201cWhat You Don\u2019t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1488021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1488021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1488021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1488021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1488021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}