This Kids Letter To His Teacher For Lying About Christopher Columbus Needs To Be Framed

“I want you to not teach me lies. That is all.”

A Chicago student’s journal entry has gone viral after he set his teacher straight in response to a whitewashed history lesson.

Eight-year-old King Johnson wrote the entry after speaking with his mother, Robin Johnson, about the meaning of Columbus Day, his mom told HuffPost.

In the entry, King confronts his teacher after learning Christopher Columbus discovered America.

“Today was not a good learning day. Blah, blah, blah,” he wrote. “I only wanted to hear you not talking. You said something wrong and I can’t listen when I hear lies.”

King reminds the teacher about Native Americans while quoting an apt Jay-Z lyric.

“My mom said that the only Christofer we acknowledge is Wallace. Because Columbus didn’t find our country, the Indians did. I like to have Columbus Day off, but I want you to not teach me lies. That is all.”

Read More: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/journal-entry-lying-christopher-columbus_us_5a675a1fe4b0dc592a0cf121

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