This comes after he learned she and other pupils were compelled to read passages form a book that \u201cblames them for their white skin\u201d \u2013 and his daughter was forced to read it out loud.<\/p>\n
Join or Support Christian Voice \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n The book, published amid the\u00a0Black Lives Matter movement<\/b><\/a>\u00a0in 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.<\/p>\n 53-year-old James, raised concerns that the book \u201cpromotes partisan political views\u201d and makes some teenage students feel guilty about being white.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cI 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.<\/p>\n \u201cI looked through it and read the first 150 pages and thought \u2018really?\u2019.<\/p>\n \u201cIt 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.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is divisive and is centred on issues of blackness and whiteness,\u201d Mr Farquharson said.<\/p>\n Return to the UK’s Christian Constitution \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n As Mr Farquharson notes on The Telegraph,<\/b><\/a> \u201cThe school shouldn\u2019t be addressing political issues with students unless they are going to balance it with the counter-arguments.\u201d<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n He speaks of \u201cneo-Marxism being slipped into our children\u2019s minds \u2026 via fiction\u201d. It is not balanced debate but indoctrination by narrative, teaching that there are \u201cgoodies and baddies\u201d defined by skin colour.<\/p>\n “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.<\/p>\n \u201cIt contains themes and language that one would hope 12-year-old kids wouldn\u2019t be taught in school,\u201d the dad said. \u201cA 12-year-old reading out passages about female masturbation is a massive safeguarding red flag.\u201d<\/p>\n Budmouth Academy responded by announcing that The Hate U Give would be removed from the curriculum.<\/p>\n However, the school said Pigeon English, which is based on the murder of the Peckham schoolboy\u00a0Damilola Taylor, had been placed under review but would probably remain on the curriculum because it was a prescribed text for GCSE English literature.<\/p>\n Matthew 18:6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones \u2026 it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck.<\/b><\/p>\n A Church of England primary school in Essex,<\/b><\/a> parents withdrew a child when a book (My Shadow is Pink) that encourages exploring identity via shadows etc., was introduced. Parents said it promoted \u201cgender confusion.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, in Kent,<\/b><\/a> 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 \u201cextreme transgender ideology\u201d without parental consent.<\/p>\n In the US.<\/b><\/a> a reading of “I Am Jazz” was cancelled after parental concerns and pressure from a conservative group at Mount Horeb Primary Center in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n In Scotland, parents protested when Born Ready, a transgender-affirming children\u2019s book, was pushed into primary classrooms. In England, taxpayer money has funded resources on \u201cwhite privilege\u201d for pupils barely old enough to understand history.<\/p>\n Each case illustrates the same principle: replace wholesome learning with politicised content, and children become the battleground for cultural revolution.<\/p>\n Christians must not remain silent. Just as Nehemiah stood firm against those who mocked and opposed God\u2019s people, so parents today must take their stand to protect the hearts and minds of the next generation.<\/p>\n 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.<\/b><\/p>\n Galatians 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.<\/b><\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n The question remains: who shapes the moral compass of our children \u2014 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.<\/b><\/p>\n 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?<\/p>\n READ: <\/b>Deut 6:6\u20137; Isa 5:20; Numb 35:30-31; Eccl 12:14;Prov 22:6 Rom 16:17; Eph 6:4; 2 Tim 4:3.<\/b><\/p>\n PRAY<\/b>: Thank God for parents who are speaking up against the wickedness of this world. Let us know what YOU think in the comments below.<\/p>\n We appreciate your support; it enables our research and helps us inform your prayers. Or fill in the form below to keep in touch:<\/p>\n“The Hate U Give”<\/h2>\n
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