Op-Ed Featured in Teen Vogue
Upper School History teacher Dan Norland recently published an op-ed piece about the U.S. Government’s treatment of prisoners in Guantánomo Bay. Mr. Norland’s essay, which is featured on Teen Vogue’s website, explains why it is so important that young people in the United States understand the significance of our military presence in Guantánomo Bay. Below is an excerpt of the piece.
“Raise your hand,” I tell my ninth-grade history class, “if you’ve heard of Guantánamo.”
A few hands inch upward, but most of the students keep their hands rooted to their desks. No one has ever talked to them about what the United States did — and is doing — in Guantánamo Bay, in the southeast corner of Cuba.
But it’s a conversation we ought to have. In the months since the Parkland shooting and subsequent displays of activism calling for an end to gun violence, teenagers have been proving that they have the capacity to start stitching together our nation’s broken seams, if only we’ll let them.
Click here to read the full essay.
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