Students at Amanda Gorman’s Alma Mater Fight For Her Banned Poem
By Angela Johnson Amanda Gorman made news and history as the youngest inaugural poet when she wrote âThe Hill We Climbâ for President Joe Bidenâs 2021 inauguration. Two years later, her poem is back in the news as Daily Salinas, a parent of two children, had it removed from a Miami-area elementary school for including what she believed to be âindirect hate messagesâ and âreferences to critical race theory.â But while Gormanâs work is caught in the crosshairs of a conservative temper tantrum, students at Gormanâs former school are showing their support for one of their own. A group of 11 elementary school students