A school has been forced to remove a “white guilt” novel from its curriculum after backlash from parents.
James Farquharson, 53, accused Budmouth Academy in Dorset of “brainwashing” his 14-year-old daughter, according to The Mail.
This comes after he learned she and other pupils were compelled to read passages form a book that “blames them for their white skin” – and his daughter was forced to read it out loud.
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“The Hate U Give”
The book, published amid the Black Lives Matter movement in 2017, charts the prejudice shown to a poor 16-year-old African-American girl at an elite, predominantly white private school before her childhood friend is shot and killed by a white police officer. The shooting leads to riots.
53-year-old James, raised concerns that the book “promotes partisan political views” and makes some teenage students feel guilty about being white.
He said: “I found out about this last week when my 14-year-old daughter said she and her peers were having to read [The Hate U Give] out aloud. She felt embarrassed and uncomfortable about it.
“I looked through it and read the first 150 pages and thought ‘really?’.
“It is full of bad language, it normalises sex and drugs, and is centred on identity politics, namely race, which blames her for her white skin.
“It is divisive and is centred on issues of blackness and whiteness,” Mr Farquharson said.
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The Ideological Drift of Education
As Mr Farquharson notes on The Telegraph, “The school shouldn’t be addressing political issues with students unless they are going to balance it with the counter-arguments.”
This is the subtlety of modern indoctrination. No longer does ideology come from the pulpit of a party rally, but from the pages of a school reading list. Children are taught not to think critically about race and society, but to accept one-sided narratives that divide them along lines of colour and privilege.
He speaks of “neo-Marxism being slipped into our children’s minds … via fiction”. It is not balanced debate but indoctrination by narrative, teaching that there are “goodies and baddies” defined by skin colour.
“A passage in the novel describes the protagonist being forced to place his hands down the pants of a woman and engage in a sexual act against his will.
“It contains themes and language that one would hope 12-year-old kids wouldn’t be taught in school,” the dad said. “A 12-year-old reading out passages about female masturbation is a massive safeguarding red flag.”
Budmouth Academy responded by announcing that The Hate U Give would be removed from the curriculum.
However, the school said Pigeon English, which is based on the murder of the Peckham schoolboy Damilola Taylor, had been placed under review but would probably remain on the curriculum because it was a prescribed text for GCSE English literature.
Matthew 18:6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones … it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck.
“The Seed they Plant”
A Church of England primary school in Essex, parents withdrew a child when a book (My Shadow is Pink) that encourages exploring identity via shadows etc., was introduced. Parents said it promoted “gender confusion.”
Meanwhile, in Kent, parents expressed concern at a CofE primary school for showing children a video based on the book It Feels Good to be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity, saying it introduced “extreme transgender ideology” without parental consent.
In the US. a reading of “I Am Jazz” was cancelled after parental concerns and pressure from a conservative group at Mount Horeb Primary Center in Wisconsin.
In Scotland, parents protested when Born Ready, a transgender-affirming children’s book, was pushed into primary classrooms. In England, taxpayer money has funded resources on “white privilege” for pupils barely old enough to understand history.
Each case illustrates the same principle: replace wholesome learning with politicised content, and children become the battleground for cultural revolution.
Christians must not remain silent. Just as Nehemiah stood firm against those who mocked and opposed God’s people, so parents today must take their stand to protect the hearts and minds of the next generation.
Colossians 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
Galatians 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
A Call to Watchfulness
Farquharson has written to the headteacher of Budmouth Academy requesting an urgent review of reading materials. He insists he is not calling for censorship, but for age-appropriate content and respect for parental concerns.
The question remains: who shapes the moral compass of our children — parents, or the state?
The Bible is clear: Deuteronomy 6:6-7 These words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children.
Christian parents must be vigilant, discerning what is being taught, and ready to challenge the creeping ideologies that seek to replace biblical truth with guilt, anger, and division. For if we do not guard our children, who will?
Read and pray
READ: Deut 6:6–7; Isa 5:20; Numb 35:30-31; Eccl 12:14;Prov 22:6 Rom 16:17; Eph 6:4; 2 Tim 4:3.
PRAY: Thank God for parents who are speaking up against the wickedness of this world.
Pray the Lord will raise up God-fearing men of truth and integrity.
Pray for restoration in our education system.
Pray for our children.
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