After spending months of late nights helping her son, as he struggled to learn to read, one South Carolina mom was thrilled to discover that her child’s school had a special program to help students who were falling behind.
But after inquiring about the program, she was shocked to learn that he wouldn’t qualify for the tutoring, she said. The reason: He’s white.
The book club, designed to provide extra help in reading at St. James Elementary School (SJES) in Myrtle Beach, welcomed black children only, a district spokeswoman confirmed.
“How does that make sense?” asked Laura, who requested to not be fully identified in order to protect her son….
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