Racist homework in Georgia

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[QUOTE="surrealnumber5"]worst? and yet best for its time? maybe you should look up how slaves were treated in south america.

surrealnumber5

The US treated our slaves better than other countries did...I'm so proud >_>

Calm down, I just thought your statement was a little funny even though I'm sure you were right.

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[QUOTE="BranKetra"] Yeah. The way Americans treated slaves is considered one of the worst in history.BranKetra

[QUOTE="WhiteKnight77"]

[QUOTE="wolfbm"]this has to be a joke....if not this is obsurd and just proof that some of the south hasn't given up yet on the civil war.BranKetra

No Joke and as this page with the news report shows, the questions were real. Third Grade Homework Assignment Contains References to Slavery. Slavery happened, the people need to accept that fact and get over it being mentioned. Hiding that fact is as bad as the Japanese not talking about the horrors they perpetrated against others during WWII such as "comfort women" that were enslaved in brothels.

The true irony of your statement is that Atlanta is at the center of a of sex slavery trade according to a recent news report.

[QUOTE="BranKetra"][QUOTE="surrealnumber5"]worst? and yet best for its time? maybe you should look up how slaves were treated in south america.

Jandurin

[QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="BranKetra"] One of the worst of all time.BranKetra

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[QUOTE="Jandurin"] what does this post meanJandurin

I dont see a problem, Its 2 birds with one stone. Math and a History lesson in one

That's sooo wrong.

Why do they have to keep trying to teach non-math lessons in math clas s.

Nationally we are behind in math, HOW ABOUT WE FOCUS ON IT ALREADY in its clas s!

dercoo

[QUOTE="BranKetra"][QUOTE="WhiteKnight77"]

No Joke and as this page with the news report shows, the questions were real. Third Grade Homework Assignment Contains References to Slavery. Slavery happened, the people need to accept that fact and get over it being mentioned. Hiding that fact is as bad as the Japanese not talking about the horrors they perpetrated against others during WWII such as "comfort women" that were enslaved in brothels.

The true irony of your statement is that Atlanta is at the center of a of sex slavery trade according to a recent news report.

what does this post meanJandurin

[QUOTE="WhiteKnight77"]

[QUOTE="BranKetra"]The problem isn't that it's being mentioned, so much as who it's being mentioned by. I think you have to be oblivious or clueless to not understand the social context of this happening in Georgia of all places. It's like they're trolling.BranKetra

The true irony of your statement is that Atlanta is at the center of a of sex slavery trade according to a recent news report.

Pointing out that slavery still exists, even today and in the US.

I agree, it could have been worded differently, but it wasn't. I still think the parents would have gotten upset if the terms used were Roman slaves instead of just slaves (if they were studying Romans instead of US history).

[QUOTE="BranKetra"][QUOTE="WhiteKnight77"]

The true irony of your statement is that Atlanta is at the center of a of sex slavery trade according to a recent news report.

Pointing out that slavery still exists, even today and in the US.

I agree, it could have been worded differently, but it wasn't. I still think the parents would have gotten upset if the terms used were Roman slaves instead of just slaves (if they were studying Romans instead of US history).

What's wrong with this question is that it's too easy. It needs to be a rate of change question where you have to find the acceleration at a certain point, gawsh at teh very least. Only super noobs need questions like diiiis.

[QUOTE="WhiteKnight77"]

Pointing out that slavery still exists, even today and in the US.

I agree, it could have been worded differently, but it wasn't. I still think the parents would have gotten upset if the terms used were Roman slaves instead of just slaves (if they were studying Romans instead of US history).

BranKetra

I live about 40 minutes from said county (I live in Cobb County GA, just outside of Atlanta) and it is Gwinnett County so I have seen and heard everything about this. The county is predominately white and all of the parents in an uproar are black. The race of the teachers is yet to be determined as it hasn't been released so we can't say that they were trying to be racist. The teachers erred in judgment and that is all. I would bet that their kids are listening to Ludicrous and other gangster rappers who do nothing but rap about popping caps or other garbage and not object to it as much as they are to these questions.

I am not going to judge the teachers based upon some parents who are all in a tizzy, at least based upon what the county is trying to do with reinforcing other lessons learned in a different class.

[QUOTE="BranKetra"][QUOTE="WhiteKnight77"]

Pointing out that slavery still exists, even today and in the US.

I agree, it could have been worded differently, but it wasn't. I still think the parents would have gotten upset if the terms used were Roman slaves instead of just slaves (if they were studying Romans instead of US history).

I live about 40 minutes from said county (I live in Cobb County GA, just outside of Atlanta) and it is Gwinnett County so I have seen and heard everything about this. The county is predominately white and all of the parents in an uproar are black. The race of the teachers is yet to be determined as it hasn't been released so we can't say that they were trying to be racist. The teachers erred in judgment and that is all. I would bet that their kids are listening to Ludicrous and other gangster rappers who do nothing but rap about popping caps or other garbage and not object to it as much as they are to these questions.

I am not going to judge the teachers based upon some parents who are all in a tizzy, at least based upon what the county is trying to do with reinforcing other lessons learned in a different class.

It doesn't take a genius to figure out they were talking about African slaves.And even if it wasn't Africans, mostly all slavery in the world was based on racial superiority (jews, Africans, Chinese).

You really don't need to defend this. The homework assigned was insensitive and tasteless simple as that.

Blue-Sky

How's it racist? I think those questions are odd as ****, but I don't understand how they're racist exactly. Acknowledging that slavery happened and the acts said slaves were forced to endure and do in the form of a math question is admittedly weird, but it doesn't promote racism in any way that I can tell. Just my 2 cents.

Never said they were black. Who's the racist now?!musicalmac

Never said they were black. Who's the racist now?!musicalmac

The fact is, the parents who are complaining are black.

Shocked! They do math in Georgia!

Never said they were black. Who's the racist now?!musicalmac

Picking cotton? Also it was black people doing the complaining, as well they should.

So what? People need to stop ignoring the past.Fightingfan

yuh names Toby boy!

they could replace the word slaves with white people.. its ok and not racist if its about white people

Is it wrong that I tried to solve it?

they could replace the word slaves with white people.. its ok and not racist if its about white people

Flubbbs

No need to point out double standards everytime.

Blame your ancestors.

[QUOTE="Blue-Sky"]

It doesn't take a genius to figure out they were talking about African slaves.And even if it wasn't Africans, mostly all slavery in the world was based on racial superiority (jews, Africans, Chinese).

You really don't need to defend this. The homework assigned was insensitive and tastless simple as that.

SpartanMSU

Nope.

[QUOTE="Flubbbs"]

they could replace the word slaves with white people.. its ok and not racist if its about white people

Jagged3dge

No need to point out double standards everytime.

Blame your ancestors.

didnt black africans sell their own people to europeans? looks like they should blame their ancestors

[QUOTE="Jagged3dge"]

No need to point out double standards everytime.

Blame your ancestors.

Flubbbs

didnt black africans sell their own people to europeans? looks like they should blame their ancestors

Those parents do not care about that.

Who cares? Who said they were blacks? Maybe they were white slaves, or Egyptian, or pirates for all we know.

[QUOTE="realguitarhero5"]I lol'ed. The Slavery in the US was just about the ONLY example of slavery based off ethnicity. Almost ALL other examples of slavery are results of military victories.thegerg

OK, usually you make rational statements, but this one looks like it missed the boat. Even the building of our railroads out West were based on using a different ethnic group as a means of cheap labor, the Chinese.

[QUOTE="WhiteKnight77"]

[QUOTE="thegerg"] No. Not all slavery in the US was based off ethnicity. thegerg

OK, usually you make rational statements, but this one looks like it missed the boat. Even the building of our railroads out West were based on using a different ethnic group as a means of cheap labor, the Chinese.

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[QUOTE="Jagged3dge"]

No need to point out double standards everytime.

Blame your ancestors.

didnt black africans sell their own people to europeans? looks like they should blame their ancestors

Those parents do not care about that.

i live in georgia and saw the news broadcast on tv. apparently the students were also learning about slavery in their history class and the people that wrote the questions were trying to reinforce the material, or something. but that's really not a good excuse. i don't see how they didn't think it would be a bad idea. and also, if they wanted to reinforce the history lesson learned, there are much better ways of doing it.

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[QUOTE="Flubbbs"]

didnt black africans sell their own people to europeans? looks like they should blame their ancestors

BranKetra

Those parents do not care about that.

After watching the news reports on this for the past week, I could just about bet that my statement is true.

"If Frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in 1 week?"

junglist101

[QUOTE="BranKetra"][QUOTE="WhiteKnight77"]

Those parents do not care about that.

After watching the news reports on this for the past week, I could just about bet that my statement is true.

[QUOTE="realguitarhero5"][QUOTE="thegerg"] You're right. However not all slavery in the US was based off ethnicity.thegerg

[QUOTE="junglist101"]

"If Frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in 1 week?"

Rougehunter

Wow good call, I had to read a book about him high school.

Also in the south, where I am from, go pick cotton is something that is said in a racial manner. This is clearly about black people.