Sexy communist
One of the wall decorations in room 226 at Western Guilford High School is a poster of Che Guevara. Guevara is a sexier communist than Lenin, Stalin or Mao and his image has been commoditized in a capitalist society appealing to young people as a symbol of "revolution."
Che Guevara was a murderer of innocent people and ordered the executions of hundreds of dissidents in Cuba's La Cabana prison while he was its commandant.
These facts alone are enough to question Guilford County Schools acceptance of such a poster in a classroom, but given the current status of the quality of public education it's understandable these facts are ignored while the school embraces the pop culture image of Che Guevara.
Greg Gibson
Che Guevara was a murderer of innocent people and ordered the executions of hundreds of dissidents in Cuba's La Cabana prison while he was its commandant.
These facts alone are enough to question Guilford County Schools acceptance of such a poster in a classroom, but given the current status of the quality of public education it's understandable these facts are ignored while the school embraces the pop culture image of Che Guevara.
Greg Gibson
posted by Anonymous | 10:50 AM
1 Comments:
I doubt most people in the Guilford County School system know who Che Guevara is. They probably think of him as a freedom fighter.
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