The Seattle Times discusses the controversy on Bainbridge Island about the teaching of the World War II internment. An excerpt:

At Sakai Intermediate School, named after local internee Sonoji Sakai, Principal Vander Stoep acknowledged the internment is presented with one point of view.

“We do teach it as a mistake,” she said, noting that the U.S. government has admitted it was wrong. “As an educator, there are some things that we can say aren’t debatable anymore.” Slavery, for example. Or the internment—as opposed to a subject such as global warming, she said.

I wonder if Ms. Vander Stoep received her history education from these folks. (Her grammar skills are nothing to brag about either.)

More on the Bainbridge Island controversy here. And a tangentially-related blog entry about intolerance on Bainbridge Island here.

Update: The Associated Press’s article on the controversy is here.

Update II: The Seattle Post-Intelligencer editorial board sides with Vander Stoep et al.

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