Some high school students in Massachusetts were shocked last month when they took their statewide assessment exam.
They were asked to read an excerpt from Colson Whitehead's 2016 novel"The Underground Railroad" and write a journal entry from the perspective of a character named Ethel. There was just one problem: Ethel is an openly racist white woman in the story about an escaped slave seeking freedom.The question was part of the English Language Arts Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exam, which was given to all sophomores in public schools beginning March 26.
While I see Whitehead's point about the trauma in imagining a racist perspective, shouldn't we know our enemy so we can defeat them?
Sick liberalcrap
But isnt this one of the best ways to discredit how these people think? I've always tried to think how people I disagree with think, and it helps me understand their arguments and thoughts more, thus allowing me to better disprove their claims
Wow. This is absolutely sick. And we wonder what is wrong with our education system.
Does being a racist against Dems (all of them) count?
Read a book excerpt and write about it ? .... how dare they ask a high schooler to think and form sentences ...
There’s our daily racist headline. Was beginning to get worried you’re racist news division was getting a little lazy.
Can we look for a way to blame Trump for this, HillaryClinton
Well isn't that where Horse faced John Kerry is from. They should ask him for pointers...he has lived his whole life as a racist white woman. Plus he's stupid!
Get this filth out of education
Was that woman Margaret Sanger? (founder of PPFA , noted eugenist, inspiration to Hitler)
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What’s this BS? Do it from the prospective of all black democRats.
Did they cut and paste articles about Franci Neely?
Easy assignment..... Subject : Margaret Sanger Racist White Women & Founder Planned Parenthood Exterminate black people they are like weeds. A+
Try me!! I would be at that school so damn fast, my kid wouldn’t have time to put their name on the damn paper!!!!!
Perfect, and Angela Rye can be the racist black woman.
Wow. Forcing people to trying to see things from a perspective of people with which you disagree. Horrifying.
Nothing surprises me anymore how F***** up this country is today. The entire White wing of the Radical Left attempting to plea a mea culpa on behalf of Every White Person in this country! NO Thank You! Don’t blame me for your woes! Get off your ass and work as hard as I have!
Been this way for years
I aint in no ways tired
When kids play in the dirt they build their immune system. Ecosystem thought of everything and knew that one day stupidity would try to take over humanity. Life is uncomfortable: face it or die. NoHateJustTruth NoUnicorns
This is disgraceful.
School sucks
It's 2019. Not 1955. Join us in the real world. If you obsess about race in 2019, you are part of the problem. We will all be beige in 30 years anyway.
Reading, Riting, and Racism.
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