The idea might seem good at first, but it failed. On Tuesday 29 August, the Ministry of Education published on its X account (formerly Twitter) a video tribute to Martin Luther King, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
In the video, six middle school boys and girls pronounce a revised version of this historical text in English. Except that problem: this speech, originally written and performed to fight racism and recognize black civil rights, is in this video delivered exclusively by white students.
But that is not all. In addition to the ferocious lack of inclusiveness, in this revised speech, the children say they dream of a world where equality reigns between men and women, that between ” big and small, fat and thin, Christian and Muslim “. But Nobody word on the main topic of the original text: equality between whites and blacks.
A communication failed of National Education, which is pinned by (many) Internet users, the video has several million views in a few hours.
As if to justify itself, the Ministry of National Education explained in a tweet that the university students selected in this video were “2023 winners of ‘The More I Say’ competition encouraging creative practice of English in middle schools”.
Again the explanation is not convincing. Especially since, by checking the ministry’s website, the list of winners of this award includes several university institutes, including one in Guadeloupe, several Internet users have noticed. A question then arises: why did you choose these students and not others? We have our little idea.
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Source: Madmoizelle
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