Posted on 12/14/2016 11:29:36 AM PST by Olog-hai
A Maryland high school teacher has been disciplined after encouraging students to “have fun” writing a slave song for an assignment as part of a lesson on abolitionist Frederick Douglass. […]
Principal Andrew Cockley wrote in an email to parents Dec. 7 that the assignment was linked to a lesson on “The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.”
Cockley says the activity was culturally insensitive. …
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Seriously, this is Mt. Hebron? LOL
Well, not as PC as Oakland Mills (WALK-OUT LAST WEEK I posted) or Wilde Lake, but yeah, “the best system in the country”, Howard County.
Anyway, I agree - it was probably meant to “sympathize” with the slaves.
But PC idiots don’t let you talk about race in any way, shape or form - unless it’s strictly on their pre-approved terms.
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