Columbus Day may have come and gone, but American history is being taught to kids all year long, and one Chicago grade-schooler?whose teacher who apparently didn’t quite nail the facts about exactly who “found” America?is fed up with the lies.
In a journal entry his mom proudly posted to her Facebook page, eight-year-old King Johnson not only confronts his teacher about the white-washing of history, but he includes some particularly resonant Jay-Z lyrics while he’s at it.

“Today was not a good learning day,” he starts. He then goes on to name-check another rapper. “My mom said that ‘the only Christofer we acknowledge is Wallace.’ Because Columbus didn?t find our country, the Indians did. I like to have Columbus Day off, but I want you to not teach me lies. That is all.? (Wallace is the given name of the late rapper Notorious B.I.G.) In response, underneath his entry, his teacher only had this to say: “I am very disappointed in your journal today.” To which the student replied, “OK.”

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