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No, but she didn't do it well, and that makes it disrespectful. If she had explained things better and danced really well, [b]then it would have been a respectful introduction to another culture. [/b]

The point is not WHO is doing the demonstration, but HOW WELL it's done.

Skin color or genetic heritage is not important. Quality is important.

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No, not at all in this context because she's a math teacher not a history teacher.  She was teaching SOH CAH TOA, which sounds Native American, but is not in any way at all related to indigenous people.

This is as bad as when a white teacher at my brother's school organized an obstacle course in the classroom to simulate the underground railroad and had all the kids run it.  This was, of course, in the 90s before social media could muster the nationwide outrage.  After some AA parents complained, the teacher along with all others who had the underground railroad in the curriculum, were sent to a sensitivity training.  I only remember it being a big deal at our school and I only remember that because my mom was PTA president at the time and we had angry parents coming to our house to complain.  Anyway, the same thing happened in 2014 or 2015 and it was a HUGE scandal because the story went viral thanks to social media.  [/quote]

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