ROEPER SCHOOL

The letter is in response to news that a Michigan private school gave students an assignment asking them to identify primates, with the former U.S. President included

BIRMINGHAM, MI – A private school for the gifted is facing criticism after students in a high school biology class were handed a worksheet last week that showed former President Barack Obama among primates and other animals, according to reports. The Roeper School in Birmingham, near Detroit, was closed on Thursday, May 19, after threats were made online, WDIV Local 4 reports. The assignment showed pictures of several animals and Obama, and asked students, “Which of the following are primates?” the TV station reports. “When I saw it, I couldn’t believe it,” Carolyn Lett, director of diversity for the school, told WDIV. man walking dog attacked by stranger with hatchetMan missing for months found dead in trash can behind his home

The Roeper School in Birmingham called the incident ‘a disturbing racial offense’

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