Teacher wears controversial Columbus Day sweatshirt to spark discussion

Wednesday, October 16, 2019
DETROIT, Michigan -- A Michigan teacher used Columbus Day to make a personal statement about the explorer and spark a discussion.

Emma Howland-Bolton's sweatshirt read, "Columbus was a murderer."
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Bolton said her goal was to have a conversation with her students about how there are different perspectives and narratives.

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The school wasn't happy about how she went about it and asked her to take the sweatshirt off.
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The school said the lesson plan was not approved.

Ultimately, Bolton faced no discipline.

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