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Washington mother upset her daughter was asked to pick cotton in class
upi ^ | April 30, 2014 | Evan Bleier

Posted on 04/30/2014 2:43:58 PM PDT by JoeProBono

REDMOND , Wash. A mother in Washington is upset after a teacher at her daughter’s middle school allegedly gave students an assignment that required them to pick cotton so that they could "see what it was like to be a slave."

Carolyn Walker called Redmond Middle School to inform them that her daughter would not be doing the assignment and later found out the teacher gave her daughter an F.

"My daughter is African American and for her to pick cotton when her grandparents were raised on a plantation to pick cotton, is not OK, it's not OK at all," Walker told KIRO 7. "It's not just about my daughter, all races should not have to participate in this. It's wrong, it's absolutely wrong."

According to the Lake Washington School District, the lesson was about “the impact that the invention of the cotton gin had on the Industrial Revolution."

Walker has scheduled a meeting with the teacher and the principal where she will request that the cotton lesson be dropped from the school’s curriculum.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: academicbias; cotton; herstory; likelystories; plantation; slave; washington
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To: JoeProBono

Love that picture!


121 posted on 04/30/2014 4:52:26 PM PDT by Osage Orange (I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
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To: JoeProBono

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNp5YOFHS9o


122 posted on 04/30/2014 4:52:27 PM PDT by Craftmore
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To: Shimmer1

Ok, so maybe I could read all the responses before posting, ya think?!


123 posted on 04/30/2014 4:53:38 PM PDT by Shimmer1 (They don't think think they are above the law. They think they are the law.)
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To: Mears

It must be that “new” math. Snicker!


124 posted on 04/30/2014 4:57:50 PM PDT by defconw (Well now what?)
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To: rpkgolf

No not that Uncle Buck but he actually was quite a character. He was technically my Great Uncle, his wife was my Grand Mother’s Sister.

He had literally been a hobo during the early 30s. My Father always was very fond of him.


125 posted on 04/30/2014 4:58:17 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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To: Shimmer1


126 posted on 04/30/2014 5:00:42 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: Nifster

We need to get more young FReepers interested in journalism and teaching. These liberals are completely nuts!


127 posted on 04/30/2014 5:00:42 PM PDT by defconw (Well now what?)
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To: Craftmore


128 posted on 04/30/2014 5:04:59 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: defconw


129 posted on 04/30/2014 5:14:07 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: liege

Get to work. America needs this NOW!


130 posted on 04/30/2014 5:17:15 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: vetvetdoug
Aren't you from Gainsville or some where close to there?
131 posted on 04/30/2014 5:20:28 PM PDT by Coldwater Creek
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To: JoeProBono
I just don't get it. I have picked cotton, strawberries, tomatoes, oranges and many other fruits and vegetables. I was happy to get the work.

Well, sometimes rattlesnakes were a problem...

5.56mm

132 posted on 04/30/2014 5:20:43 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: Black Agnes

That would be great.

I guess it was really hard work — hot, too.


133 posted on 04/30/2014 5:30:21 PM PDT by Bigg Red (1 Pt 1: As he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct.)
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To: cva66snipe

Lots and lots of cotton was raised in the Central part of California.


134 posted on 04/30/2014 5:31:31 PM PDT by Coldwater Creek
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To: cva66snipe

I live in Memphis TN cotton fields all around us.


135 posted on 04/30/2014 5:34:01 PM PDT by Coldwater Creek
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To: Bigg Red

Hot depended on the particular year. Cotton gets done in early fall. You might have 95+ days then but not like in August usually. Sometimes you have nice sunny days with low humidity and temps in the high 70’s.


136 posted on 04/30/2014 5:45:32 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Coldwater Creek
I live in Memphis TN cotton fields all around us.

Yea it's the right climate there for it. You know what is strange on the other side of the state is I haven't seen a tobacco field in years and I live in a rural county. 20 years ago you saw quite a few.

In the article they are saying this was in Redmond, Washington State? I don't think so. LOL.

137 posted on 04/30/2014 5:49:57 PM PDT by cva66snipe ((Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
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To: JoeProBono

Where the hell do they find cotton in Redmond? Microsoft campus?


138 posted on 04/30/2014 5:55:53 PM PDT by crazycatlady
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To: Bartholomew Roberts

Many years ago there was a professor at Stanford who tried a similar exercise. Instead of owner/slave it was prison guard/prisoner. They had to stop the exercise half way through. It turned out badly.


139 posted on 04/30/2014 5:56:04 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: crazycatlady
Where the hell do they find cotton in Redmond? Microsoft campus?

A virtual cotton field. LOL.

140 posted on 04/30/2014 6:15:18 PM PDT by cva66snipe ((Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
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