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[quote=Anonymous]I think this demonstrates laziness and poor judgment rather than racist views. As a parent, I'd question the caliber of teachers that are struggling so hard to incorporate themes that they think its' okay to make an offhand reference to slavery in this way. It just seems super lazy and not even contextual at all. There does not seem to be a real incorporation of a theme here, rather than just someone filling in the blanks with lazy references to a topic being discussed in another class.

Our local school is a STEM school and they do this all the time. The theme is "animals" and the math questions will all incorporate animals. Sure, why not, but I think that kind of misses the point of incorporating a theme, it's just incorporating words. Seems lazy even when you DON'T add in a highly emotional subject like slavery, and refer to it in a decontextualized, off-hand matter.

A true incorporation would have had the kids discussing the economics of slavery, how some people knew it was wrong but the economics were such that people turned a blind eye to their own moral compass. But this just seems like really uninspired teaching more than anything else. [/quote]

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