Edition: U.S. / Global  Fallout From the 'Nappy Hair' Furor
Published: December 11, 1998  The controversy over using the
book ''Nappy Hair'' at a Brooklyn elementary school has had
predictably distressing effects. Now a principal at an
intermediate school in the same district has decided against
using two excellent books in the sixth grade, apparently for
fear of parental protests.  The initial protests occurred at
Public School 75 in Bushwick, where a new teacher, Ruth Sherman,
was attacked by parents because she had read to her third-grade
class a book about a young African-American girl's appreciation
of her kinky hair. The book has been praised and recommended for
classroom use by reading experts at Columbia University's
Teachers College. It was written by Carolivia Herron, an
African-American professor, to celebrate racial diversity and
pride.  But some parents, based on photocopies of pages from the
book, instantly judged the material to be racially insensitive.
At a school meeting they screamed at Ms.