DailyKenn.com —Judicial Watch filed a federal lawsuit on behalf the father of two government school students. David Flynn was removed from his position as head football coach after raising concerns about his daughter’s seventh-grade history class. The curriculum had been changed "to include biased coursework on politics, race, gender equality, and diversity (Flynn v. Forrest et. al. (No. 21-cv-10256)," according to Judicial Watch.
The students reportedly attended Dedham Public School in Dedham, Massachusetts.
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The lawsuit, which was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, seeks damages against the superintendent, high school principal, and high school athletic director for retaliating against Flynn for exercising his First Amendment rights.
The lawsuit details that in September 2020, Flynn’s daughter’s seventh-grade history class, which was listed as “World Geography and Ancient History I,” was taught issues of race, gender, stereotypes, prejudices, discrimination, and politics. The lawsuit explains:
[See also: Braintree teacher won't return as Dedham football coach over differences in values with district, Joe Difazio, The Patriot Ledger, Jan 26, 2021]In one assignment, Plaintiff’s daughter was asked to consider various “risk factors” and “mitigating factors” that two people – one identified as “white” and the other identified as “black” – purportedly might use to assess each other on a city street. Included among the various factors were skin color, gender, age, physical appearance, and attire. “Black,” “aggressive body language” and “wrong neighborhood” were among the “risk factors” purportedly assessed by the person identified as “white.” “White” and “Police officer” were among the “risk factors” purportedly assessed by the person identified as “black.”