When Angela Walker went through her son's school folder, she was shocked to find what the fifth grader had been working on in class.
A social studies assignment from Blades Elementary School in Oakville, Missouri, had asked some students, including her biracial son, to imagine that they work in the slave trade. Then it prompted them to set a price for a slave."You own a plantation or farm and therefore need more workers. You begin to get involved in the slave trade industry and have slaves work on your farm. Your product to trade is slaves. Set your price for a slave. _____________ These could be worth a lot.
In 2019. Just dumb.
Contempt prior to investigation.
Nigros are poisonous , they disguise the truth about consumers
The teacher should be charged with a hate crime.
This will be an unpopular tweet...this is a legitimate assignment for students to take on. 250 years ago, slaves were considered property and not people and slaves were purchased products. I'm guessing this assignment is about bartering of goods and services in the 1700s.
I am asking any good person reading this to email the school and let them know how unacceptable this is. Stand up for what is right! The only way that we change the systemic racism is to teach our kids to do better than us. Contact email for school: pupillojmsdr9.org.
Idiots, an old long gone tradition of socially undiscerning minds. Half of America are white slaves. I can't bare the rough meat countenance, my class mates, sometimes felt like throwing out. Tried not, occasions couldn't help that smell of rough meat around, and did threw out.
This one is also on Trumpers!
Our education system is out of control
Teacher must have been a Democrat looking to get back in the slave business
I would say slavery costs minimum wage with no health care, no retirement, no maternity leave, and no paid vacation...
Wow. I immediately would have withdrawn my child from that school and if it was my chi!d's teacher..... I probably would have caught a charge.
Shit like this is intentional. No damn way a teacher believes this is ok to do ESPECIALLY in today’s environment. Feigning of ignorance & fake apology soon to follow but this was intentional 🤷🏽♀️
Nothing wrong with this at all.... its a history assigmement... maybe it will help them learn .. Get over the over sensitivity .. bunch of wussys!
Why would anyone think of romanticizing slave trade?
Where do they get such teachers? They are idiots and lack the skill set to teach. Fire them and get teachers with common sense and sensitivity to replace them.
Omg your world view is so fragile