Lawsuit in Mass over Genocide Curriculum
Facing History Ourselves, an NGO based in the US developed a genocide curriculum that focuses on the Armenian case. The state of Massachusetts adopted this curriculum for all public schools.
Two high school teachers, a student and the Assembly of Turkish American Associations are suing state education officials in federal court, challenging a law that set guidelines for teaching students about human rights violations. The law, which went into effect in 1999, specifically lists the Holocaust, the Mussolini fascist regime, the trans-Atlantic slave trade, and “the Armenian genocide.”
“We are not taking sides on the ultimate issue of whether there was an Armenian genocide. We are simply insisting that both sides be allowed to have a place at the table,” said Harvey Silverglate, a Boston civil rights lawyer who represents the plaintiffs.
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