As a middle school principal, New York Democratic congressman Jamaal Bowman advised against teaching about "White" historical figures like George Washington, Jesus Christ, and Santa Claus.
While speaking at a 2018 conference hosted by the Alternative Education Resource Organization, Bowman detailed his pedagogy as the principal of the Bronx middle school he founded, Cornerstone Academy for Social Action.
The newly surfaced video comes as Bowman faces an uphill primary campaign against Westchester County executive George Latimer.
The two-term congressman went on to defend his decision to honor McKinney and the Shakurs after the wall became public in February, acknowledging their "Complicated biographies." "It is correct that many leaders in the Black liberation movement have complicated biographies," Bowman spokeswoman Sarah Iddrissu told HuffPost.
Bowman in a 2015 blog post railed against standardized testing, likening the practice to "Modern-day slavery" and "Jim Crow" inequalities.
"Public school high-stakes standardized testing is a form of modern-day slavery, and it is designed to continue the proliferation of inequality," Bowman wrote.
"We're testing too darn much," Bowman said in an October interview touting the bill with the Human Restoration Project.
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