A North Carolina teenage girl has caused a stir after claiming she was forced to read “incest porn” in her English class.
Lorena Benson, 15, a sophomore at Athens Drive High School in Raleigh, gave a speech to the Wake County school board this week that quickly went viral.
The teenager’s speech was posted on X and has been viewed more than 250,000 times.
The teenager claimed that her Honors English class recently read a story about sexual encounters between two cousins, which made her feel “very uncomfortable.”
The teenager claimed that her Honors English class recently read a story about sexual encounters between two cousins, which made her feel extremely ‘uncomfortable’
She said the book she and her classmates read “had explicit, incestuous sexual content, which led to her dropping out of school altogether.” News observer reported.
“I am deeply shocked and deeply disappointed,” Benson told the school board on Tuesday.
“I have decided to leave Athens Drive High School because I no longer want to be exposed to pornographic, incestual sexual content that is taught to me in my classes.”
Benson, who moved to North Carolina from the Dominican Republic three months ago, said she was enjoying life on Athens Drive until English class last Friday.
She claims that students had to read a story independently and discuss it with classmates.
“There was a part of the story that made me feel very uncomfortable, and I looked around and saw the same expression on the faces of other students,” Benson said.
Lorena Benson, 15, a sophomore at Athens Drive High School in Raleigh, gave a speech to the Wake County School Board this week that quickly went viral
“Even after re-reading it, it still makes me uncomfortable,” Benson added. “This graphic, incestuous sexual language should not be taught in any classroom, let alone an Honors English class.”
The book fits the description of the novel ‘Tomorrow Is Too Far’ by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
Conservative activists have used the video to criticize school curricula, including John K. Amanchukwu Sr. who shared the video on X.