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| Color of my iris: | Misty blue eyes | |
| What is the color of my hair: | I have short black hair | |
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| My tattoo: | I have tattoos |
The teacher is under investigation, Davis wrote in the letter. Throughout this situation, student safety and well-being have been our top priority.
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This incident is the latest in a string of newsmaking lessons on slavery this year—lessons that students and parents have called out as racist and harmful to black students. See also: Mock Auctions. Pretending to Flee Captors.
In a different gym class this February, in Brambleton, Va. In March, a 4th grade teacher in North Carolina also ased a game about the famous network of secret routes and safe houses, asking students to play a Monopoly-like game about the journey. Also last month, a 5th grade teacher in New York told several black students to play slaves, and pretended to auction them off to their majority-white classmates.
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The black students, said Stephens, were told to look up games that enslaved children had played. Sarah Schwartz. Follow Unfollow.
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Staff WriterEducation Week. Sarah Schwartz is a reporter for Education Week who covers curriculum and instruction. Related Tags: Race. A version of this news article first appeared in the Teaching Now blog. Thank you for subscribing.
