NC schools teach 4th graders to tweet like slave owners
Mar 16, 2021 12:00:37 GMT -5
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Post by Optimus on Mar 16, 2021 12:00:37 GMT -5
Aside from the crazy story about the cheerleading mom sending out those deepfakes, this story totally blew my mind. It's one of the most absurd, obviously racist things I think I've ever read about a school promoting.
How can the supposed "adults" in charge of this have thought that this was in any way OK and NOT RACIST? This is something I would've expected from klansmen, not professional educators in charge of teaching our kids. Not sure if the students who wrote the racist tweets did so after encouragement from their teachers (I would hope not, but ya never know) or if they were just regurgitating hateful, racist bile that they learned from their awful parents.
Either way, this is just...ugh.
thehill.com/homenews/news/543164-north-carolina-school-district-says-assignment-that-generated-racist-tweets
Notice that last part. The school actually shared this shit publically on their own FB page! Christ on a cracker, I can't decide if this is more vile or monumentally stupid.
How can the supposed "adults" in charge of this have thought that this was in any way OK and NOT RACIST? This is something I would've expected from klansmen, not professional educators in charge of teaching our kids. Not sure if the students who wrote the racist tweets did so after encouragement from their teachers (I would hope not, but ya never know) or if they were just regurgitating hateful, racist bile that they learned from their awful parents.
Either way, this is just...ugh.
thehill.com/homenews/news/543164-north-carolina-school-district-says-assignment-that-generated-racist-tweets
A North Carolina school system is under fire and apologizing after a school shared a collection of mock tweets from fourth graders that contained racist remarks as part of a Civil War assignment, The Charlotte Observer reported on Saturday.
The students were instructed to write tweets from the point of view of a historical figure, WJZY reported. The organization wrote that according to a Facebook post that has since been deleted, the school, located in Waxhaw, said students “studied North Carolinians that had different roles and perspectives on the Civil War.”
According to WJZY, one of the tweets said “Slavery Forever,” and a student, writing as the handle “@dontstopslavery," wrote "you may not agree with slavery but I do and I’m honest about it. #Slaveryforlife.”
Another student, writing under the name “Confederate4life,” wrote “why do we need to leave the county. We can stay and our slaves! #SLAVERYFOREVER,” according to WJZY.
The “tweets” came to light after the school’s Facebook page shared a photo of the wall of messages, writing that it was something the students were “most proud of,” WJZY reported.
The students were instructed to write tweets from the point of view of a historical figure, WJZY reported. The organization wrote that according to a Facebook post that has since been deleted, the school, located in Waxhaw, said students “studied North Carolinians that had different roles and perspectives on the Civil War.”
According to WJZY, one of the tweets said “Slavery Forever,” and a student, writing as the handle “@dontstopslavery," wrote "you may not agree with slavery but I do and I’m honest about it. #Slaveryforlife.”
Another student, writing under the name “Confederate4life,” wrote “why do we need to leave the county. We can stay and our slaves! #SLAVERYFOREVER,” according to WJZY.
The “tweets” came to light after the school’s Facebook page shared a photo of the wall of messages, writing that it was something the students were “most proud of,” WJZY reported.
Notice that last part. The school actually shared this shit publically on their own FB page! Christ on a cracker, I can't decide if this is more vile or monumentally stupid.
