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Cobb students write about the color of their shadows
A Cobb teacher is facing termination after reading students a book called "My Shadow is Purple." The main character in the book is a child whose shadow isn't blue or pink. After reading the book, the fifth grade students drew their own shadow and wrote poems about what color it is.
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Fifth grade students drew portraits of themselves (which have been redacted) and wrote poems about the color of their shadows, after reading a book called "My Shadow is Purple," which challenges gender norms. Their teacher is now facing termination, after a parent complained about the book's subject matter. Scans of the completed assignments were provided by the Cobb County School District per an open records request by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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