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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh god, lay off the teacher. We have zero context and are just zipping off "shallow optics", while claiming to want to foster a love of learning in children. 
 Otherwise, this silly thread is the gift that keeps on giving. "HOS dressed as Pharaoh.." made my day yesterday![/quote]

Have to imagine that kind of reenactment doesn’t instill a love of learning in kids who are not white. But yes, let’s not ask for accountability for poor judgment lest we make the school leadership uncomfortable. [/quote]

This is so incredibly important. This is why ultimately school needs full public mea culpa. I think students of color and students from other minority groups (Jews, Muslims) need to feel seen and supported. And frankly whether OP has an axe to grind I really don’t know— but OP could not have possibly been responsible for 15 pages of thread with many many folks agreeing that at best this was insensitive or clueless. These are educators in 2021– no matter who is grinding what, I cannot imagine OP made teacher post civil war fun in slave owner dresses or vaguely offensive super hero Passover oppressor. And yes, any Jew that does not at least have some connection probably hasn’t been at a sedar in sometime... trust me it is hours of “we were slaves in Egypt” [/quote]

Yes. Parents of white kids who say they don’t see how the civil war Old South dresses are deeply offensive are in the fortunate position of not having had to wrestle with the history of slavery and the reality of racism in our country. Shame on Congressional for not only allowing this activity but not seeing a need to apologize for it. [/quote]

Are you a Congressional parent? Do you even know the context? I am not, but I am a teacher and the keyboard judginess without knowing the facts is annoying. Yes, all classroom activities should be done sensitively but we have no idea about this one. In my class, we used to do "Roman feasts" when studying ancient history, but I'm sure having kids dressed up in togas (or as pharaohs LOL) is out. I actually figured out a long time ago that most dress-up or skits or re-enactments are just...out. But guess who enjoys those? Kids do. Oh well, we know better.[/quote]

I’m a prospective parent horrified at the thought of any teacher who would think a photo shoot on a horrible period of history would be fun in any way for non white kids. [/quote]

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