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An Iowa mother is allegedly being targeted after speaking out at a school-board meeting about Black Lives Matter (BLM) content being taught to her 12-year-old son.
Elayne Casalins, a recently naturalized citizen from the Dominican Republic, told the Daily Caller News Foundation her son was shown a graphic PG-13 movie without parental notification or consent in violation of state law, and subsequent classroom discussions revolved around BLM and police brutality. When the mother voiced her concerns to the school, she was met with a cease and desist letter accusing her of defamation and threatening a lawsuit.
“As a new American citizen, I have constitutional rights that make this nation the envy of the world. There is no better place to live your life and raise a family, and we moved to Iowa to live in a state that upholds these fundamental American values,” Casalins said in a press release from the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL), which is representing her. “I was shocked to receive such a threatening letter from a law firm representing a public employee, my son’s teacher. But I will continue to tell my story and speak out for my son and the rights of parents across the country.”
The movie Casalins objected to, “Till,” contains graphic depictions of the murder of Emmett Till, a black boy who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955. Along with classroom discussions “focused on Black Lives Matter, racism, and police brutality,” Casalins’ son and classmates were also allegedly shown a video of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” by Alicia Keys and were told “everyone in the video was a victim of racism,” according to WILL.
