Social media has been reacting to the news that a Nashville elementary school teacher confiscated a thrifted Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) sorority shirt from a 7-year old student.
“When I picked her up off the bus, it took me a second, but I realized, why are you wearing a different shirt?” The student’s mom told the local news.
The student was wearing a shirt with the letters “AKA” and the year 1908 underneath, referencing a historically Black sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha.
The teacher who confiscated the shirt emailed the student’s parent explaining why.
“I am a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated,” the teacher wrote in the email. “AKA items are branded and reserved for members only.”
The student said she wanted to cry when the shirt was revoked from her. The principal of the school issued an apology.
The teacher needs to stay in her lane. The shirt was bought and paid for and the teacher is not the aka police nor does she have the authority to prevent others from wearing an aka shirt. The fact that she was a member of the sorority is irrelevant. So tires of teacher being aholes to kids. Like fuck life is hard enough and dumb ass teacher should not have embarrassed the poor girl just because she has some kind of superiority complex or needs to feel special . Aka should disown this so called teacher.
People purchase those shirts from thrift stores or receive them for free with clothing drives. Teacher had no business taking that shirt. You call the parents.
Th teacher should have been a little more respectful in this situation. The child was disrespected. The child didn’t have a meaning of what the shirt actually represented. Therefore, the shirt should not have been taken. The Teacher should have contacted the parents first before taking any action and explained to the child what the shirt represented. In order to do better we must know better and when we know better we will do better. The teacher did not take the right Å•ecourse of action for the child. This little girl just may ba a future AKA in the making one day.