An editorial cartoon comparing Education Secretary Betsy DeVos being blocked from a school to young black student Ruby Bridges integrating a school in 1960 generated outrage on social media Tuesday, including a rebuke from Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
What?! What?! https://t.co/oYcCLSZ0DK
Here is Norman Rockwells The Problem We All Live With showing courageous 6 yr old Ruby Bridges integrating her school pic.twitter.com/YnmX5qphUX
The editorial cartoon by Belleville News-Democrat cartoonist Glenn McCoy alludes to a 1963 Norman Rockwell painting “The Problem We All Live With.” President Barack Obama had the painting hung in the White House for a brief time during his second term.
Bridges, then 6 years old, integrated the William Frantz Public School in New Orleans on Nov. 14, 1960, six years after the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
DeVos, a billionaire school choice advocate, was a controversial pick by President Donald Trump to lead the Department of Education. The Senate confirmed DeVos 51-50 with Vice President Mike Pence casting the first tie-breaking vote for a Cabinet nominee in U.S. history. Two Republicans voted against DeVos.
DeVos was met with protestors on a trip to a D.C. middle school on Feb. 10. DeVos eventually got into the school.
“No school door in America will be blocked from those seeking to help our nation’s school children,” DeVos said in a statement released later in the day.
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One arrest as protesters block DeVos from D.C. middle school
Education Secretary Besty DeVos’ visit to Jefferson Middle School Academy in Southwest Washington, D.C. on Friday was blocked by protesters. One eyewitness who was streaming the protest on Periscope captured the arrest of one protester. DeVos eventually m
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Education Secretary Besty DeVos’ visit to Jefferson Middle School Academy in Southwest Washington, D.C. on Friday was blocked by protesters. One eyewitness who was streaming the protest on Periscope captured the arrest of one protester. DeVos eventually m
The website Fusion says the implications being made are difficult to misinterpret. Vox says conservatives can’t stop comparing DeVos protests to segregation. Huffington Post says people are shocked by the cartoon.
Chelsea Clinton wasn’t the only person to tweet about the McCoy’s cartoon.
my god pic.twitter.com/AhN1R4eRgX
Dear @bellevillenewsd, comparing criticism of the appointment of a billionaire to a child being harassed during integration is despicable. https://t.co/p3MewOC95X
Hey @bellevillenewsd, #GlennMcCoy left something out of the political cartoon you ran, so I fixed it for you guys. Maybe you'll run it? pic.twitter.com/AVRDvvVjNr
Unbelievable. UNBELIEVABLE. Shame on the @bellevillenewsd. You think public criticism of a billionaire public official = school segregation? https://t.co/H8AdzLSMAd
This "cartoon" comes from @bellevillenewsd right here in #Illinois. UGH. https://t.co/TSjpNu2atq
@GermanCityGirl @bellevillenewsd The level of racism and ahistorical offensiveness is phenomenal.
One of these things is not like the other…
(Norman Rockwell, left, vs Glenn McCoy, right, published by @bellevillenewsd) #BetsyDeVos pic.twitter.com/MD0EN99MGG
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