Title : "She recalled that her biracial daughter — a spelling bee champ and science fair winner who plays three musical instruments — told her about the play after breakfast one day, proud at first to participate."
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"She recalled that her biracial daughter — a spelling bee champ and science fair winner who plays three musical instruments — told her about the play after breakfast one day, proud at first to participate."
"[The daughter] grew upset as she saw that her mother did not share her joy, [the mother] said, and cried. 'A part of my heart and her innocence shattered,' [the mother] said."From "African American mother says her 10-year-old was cast as an enslaved person in a school play" (WaPo).
The daughter, a 10 year old, sought the part of "Enslaved African 2." It was a Scholastic play, "A Triangle of Trade, The Colonial Slave Trade," published 20 years ago. I think it was the daughter who cried when she saw her mother wasn't happy for her. That's written ambiguously.
The mother, Carmen Black Parker, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine, who is black, said "It was one of those surreal moments when you ask yourself if you’re understanding reality correctly. They sent my daughter home a slave."
According to Parker, the teacher explained that she had warned the class of potentially offensive material and said children were told they could say “ouch” if they felt sad, offended or hurt.The play was canceled and the teacher was put on leave (pending an investigation). Parker objects to "scapegoating" the teacher and wants the principal dismissed (for a failure of accountability).
“The children were supposed to have the insight to object,” Parker said.
Parker said the teacher also pointed out that the girl had volunteered for the role — which Parker asserted is beside the point. “No child should have the thought, ‘Oh, I think I’d make a great slave,’ ” she said....
From the comments at WaPo:
About every six months or so, there is a Washington Post article about a teacher doing a simulation about slavery. It never ends well.It probably is best only to read about slavery. (I'd skip those videos and whatever "etc." refers to.) But there will be people who see inequality in the demand that children learn through reading.
The problem is that teachers are often pressured to be "creative" and have "engaging" activities. This is one topic, however, where teachers should just stick with the basics: readings, videos, etc.
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