I personally see a lot of value in teaching our children about the mistreatment, challenges and obstacles that people of color in our nation have had to endure and what we can do today to ensure that such wrongs don’t continue.

Utah’s Maria Montessori Academy Director Micah Hirokawa, regarding the decision to include the histories of people of color as a part of the school’s instruction. There had been requests from some parents at the school to have their children opt out of learning the Black History Month curriculum, but they have since been withdrawn. (Associated Press — Feb. 10, 2021)