To: National Association of Deaf, Governor, State of California, and California Department of Education

Get Rid of the Bear Hunt

Teach respect, not racism. Get rid of the disparaging Bear Hunt statue displayed on the campus of the California School for the Deaf in Fremont, CA.

Why is this important?

A statue called "the Bear Hunt" is proudly displayed at the California School for the Deaf in Fremont, CA. The statue offers is a chilling example of children being taught to celebrate racism. The statue offers a grizzly scene of a stereotypical Native American having his arm eaten by a bear and his privates mauled at the same time. Why is that statue openly displayed on a campus for Deaf American children? Why are they being taught to celebrate racism? The statue being celebrated is not the example of a world class education that state claims to offer.