Did you know that at one time in America people bought and sold slaves? Of course you did because you’re not a liberal idiot. But apparently this fact is not to be mentioned in classrooms or the NAACP will come down on your ass.
‘Set your price for a slave’: Mo. teacher on leave over historical trade assignment
MEHLVILLE, Mo. (KMOV/CNN) – A Missouri school district is promising staff training on cultural bias after an elementary school teacher asked students in an assignment to “set your price for a slave.”
A fifth grade teacher at Blades Elementary School in St. Louis was placed on administrative leave Monday night after parents complained about a “culturally insensitive” classroom assignment given to students.
The assignment asked 12 questions about historical trade and market practices. One of the questions read as follows:
“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.
You may trade for any items you’d like.”
I’ll set my price for a slave. Free. Take all of ’em! I’ll pick my own damn cotton. With the benefit of hindsight, considering all the trouble they caused after they were freed, they have no value.
All that aside, the assignment was about HISTORICAL TRADE AND MARKET PRACTICES. The fact of the matter is that at one time in this country, slaves were a commodity no matter if you like it or not. How is it racist to point that out?
The mother of a biracial child, Angela Walker says she was shocked to find the assignment among the schoolwork in her son’s folder. She hopes the teacher and school district will learn from the incident.
Of course the father said nothing because he’s LONG gone and moved on to another ugly stupid white woman to impregnate and abandon.
“We have to be more culturally sensitive. We can say, ‘Get over a homework assignment. It’s just a homework assignment. That was 100 years ago,’” Walker said. “Yes, it was, but it’s still someone else’s family. Maybe there are people who don’t see the wrong in it, but we need to be talking about it.”
Really now? It was 100 years ago? No it wasn’t. I’m no mathematician, but I’m pretty sure that would put the date at 1919. There were no slaves then, dumbass.
The other 11 questions in the assignment asked about pricing grain, apples, fish, oil and other products. It also included a reflection section where students were asked about their thoughts on a free market economy and whether they would consider themselves wealthy.
Principal Jeremy Booker said in a letter to parents and staff he talked to the teacher to discuss the purpose of the assignment.
“The assignment was culturally insensitive,” Booker said. “The teacher has expressed significant remorse.”
Chris Gaines, the superintendent of the Mehlville School District, released a statement Tuesday addressing the classroom activity.
“Racism of any kind, even inadvertently stemming from cultural bias, is wrong and is not who we aspire to be as a school district. I am sorry and disappointed that this happened in our school,” said Gaines in the statement. “There is no quick fix for cultural bias. We will be devoting significant time and resources to train our staff on issues related to cultural competency, implicit bias and equity.”
“Not who we aspire to be.” Jesus. This guy is quoting directly from the Obama script. I remember how many times that idiot used to say, “This in not who we are” and how many times it made me cringe.
Wouldn’t it be even MORE racist to pretend slavery never happened?
The NAACP has called for a formal apology from the teacher and superintendent. They also offered to help train school staff.
Fuck the NAACP and their demands. And I guess, fuck history too if it makes someone get all mad and sad. Slavery never happened and it would be wrong to pretend it did. Just keep on tearing down Confederate statues and pretend the past didn’t happen. Right, comrades?
MEHlville indeed. Meh.
