• Homework assignment kicks black butthurt into overdrive

    From Byker@1:229/2 to All on Friday, January 26, 2018 17:21:10
    XPost: talk.politics.misc, can.politics, uk.politics.misc
    XPost: alt.school
    From: byker@do~rag.net

    Fuck, lemme help the kiddos out here, with some modern business
    justifications:

    3 good reasons for slavery:

    1) Jobs will be filled 100% by niggers. Affirmative Action compliance.
    2) We can work them into the ground for the cost of some rice and corn meal,
    a tin shanty, and a few watermelons at Christmas. Positive cash flow.
    3) We can keep them from breeding infant niggers that will become a threat
    if their numbers are allowed to swell. Keeping HR metrics at acceptable
    levels.

    3 bad reasons for slavery:

    1) Ignorant niggers are hard on machinery, and sometimes each other.
    Increased maintenance costs.
    2) It is very taxing on the human body to have to constantly apply necessary beatings. Increase in health plan costs.
    3) Constant oversight of lazy niggers reduces time with family. Negative hit
    to work/life balance. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ''3 good reasons for slavery'' homework assignment sparks controversy

    January 10, 2018

    MILWAUKEE, WI - A homework assignment at a Wisconsin Christian school
    sparked backlash after a teacher asked students to list "three good reasons
    for slavery."

    Fourth-grade students at Our Redeemer Lutheran School were handed a group assignment on Monday in English class.

    The question: "give three 'good' reasons for slavery and three bad reasons."

    One parent said she was shocked and offended.

    "It's highly offensive and insensitive. I was in shock. I couldn't believe
    they sent something like that home," parent Trameka Brown-Berry said.

    Brown-Berry is the mother of a 9-year-old boy in the class.

    "Not only was my son in an awful position, but the students who weren't
    black, because it's that sort of mentality of not being able to see from another's perspective and only seeing your lens-- that's what dangerous.
    That's what keeps racism going," Brown-Berry said.

    The school's principal Jim Van Dellen declined to speak with reporters, but admitted that the assignment was out of line.

    Van Dellen said in a letter sent on Tuesday to parents and students, "The purpose of the assignment was not, in any way, to have students argue that
    any slavery is acceptable."

    He said the assignment, which Van Dellen said was intended to spark debate,
    is no longer part of the curriculum.

    "And for it to be a Christian school, they could have said something like, 'What are three good things we can do to prevent slavery from happening?" Andrea Michel, with Safe Place Meeting Group, said.

    The principal vowed to better communicate sensitive subjects being discussed
    in class with parents before presenting it to students.

    Brown-Berry said the homework assignment should be a lesson to us all, and that's the reason she posted it online.

    "Speak up, tell your story and voice your opinion because that is how you go about change. And that is what I was trying to model for my son,"
    Brown-Berry said.

    The principal said he will meet with Brown-Berry parent face-to-face on Wednesday.

    It is unclear if the teacher was disciplined.

    https://www.click2houston.com/news/national/-3-good-reasons-for-slavery-homework-assignment-sparks-controversy


    Well, it'd give the beasts something to do. They never had lives before they started picking our cotton!

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: www.darkrealms.ca (1:229/2)
  • From abelard@1:229/2 to Byker on Saturday, January 27, 2018 13:51:35
    XPost: talk.politics.misc, can.politics, uk.politics.misc
    XPost: alt.school
    From: abelard3@abelard.org

    On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 17:21:10 -0600, "Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> wrote:

    Fuck, lemme help the kiddos out here, with some modern business >justifications:

    3 good reasons for slavery:

    1) Jobs will be filled 100% by niggers. Affirmative Action compliance.
    2) We can work them into the ground for the cost of some rice and corn meal, >a tin shanty, and a few watermelons at Christmas. Positive cash flow.
    3) We can keep them from breeding infant niggers that will become a threat
    if their numbers are allowed to swell. Keeping HR metrics at acceptable >levels.

    3 bad reasons for slavery:

    1) Ignorant niggers are hard on machinery, and sometimes each other. >Increased maintenance costs.
    2) It is very taxing on the human body to have to constantly apply necessary >beatings. Increase in health plan costs.
    3) Constant oversight of lazy niggers reduces time with family. Negative hit >to work/life balance. >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ''3 good reasons for slavery'' homework assignment sparks controversy

    January 10, 2018

    MILWAUKEE, WI - A homework assignment at a Wisconsin Christian school
    sparked backlash after a teacher asked students to list "three good reasons >for slavery."

    Fourth-grade students at Our Redeemer Lutheran School were handed a group >assignment on Monday in English class.

    The question: "give three 'good' reasons for slavery and three bad reasons."

    One parent said she was shocked and offended.

    "It's highly offensive and insensitive. I was in shock. I couldn't believe >they sent something like that home," parent Trameka Brown-Berry said.

    Brown-Berry is the mother of a 9-year-old boy in the class.

    "Not only was my son in an awful position, but the students who weren't >black, because it's that sort of mentality of not being able to see from >another's perspective and only seeing your lens-- that's what dangerous. >That's what keeps racism going," Brown-Berry said.

    The school's principal Jim Van Dellen declined to speak with reporters, but >admitted that the assignment was out of line.

    Van Dellen said in a letter sent on Tuesday to parents and students, "The >purpose of the assignment was not, in any way, to have students argue that >any slavery is acceptable."

    He said the assignment, which Van Dellen said was intended to spark debate, >is no longer part of the curriculum.

    "And for it to be a Christian school, they could have said something like, >'What are three good things we can do to prevent slavery from happening?" >Andrea Michel, with Safe Place Meeting Group, said.

    The principal vowed to better communicate sensitive subjects being discussed >in class with parents before presenting it to students.

    Brown-Berry said the homework assignment should be a lesson to us all, and >that's the reason she posted it online.

    "Speak up, tell your story and voice your opinion because that is how you go >about change. And that is what I was trying to model for my son,"
    Brown-Berry said.

    The principal said he will meet with Brown-Berry parent face-to-face on >Wednesday.

    It is unclear if the teacher was disciplined.

    https://www.click2houston.com/news/national/-3-good-reasons-for-slavery-homework-assignment-sparks-controversy


    Well, it'd give the beasts something to do. They never had lives before they >started picking our cotton!


    where is the connection in the alleged assignment between 'blacks' and
    'slaves'?



    --
    www.abelard.org

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  • From Mr. B1ack@1:229/2 to All on Saturday, January 27, 2018 22:43:56
    XPost: talk.politics.misc, can.politics, uk.politics.misc
    XPost: alt.school
    From: nowhere@nada.net

    On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 13:51:35 +0100, abelard <abelard3@abelard.org>
    wrote:

    On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 17:21:10 -0600, "Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> wrote:

    Fuck, lemme help the kiddos out here, with some modern business >>justifications:

    3 good reasons for slavery:

    1) Jobs will be filled 100% by niggers. Affirmative Action compliance.
    2) We can work them into the ground for the cost of some rice and corn meal, >>a tin shanty, and a few watermelons at Christmas. Positive cash flow.
    3) We can keep them from breeding infant niggers that will become a threat >>if their numbers are allowed to swell. Keeping HR metrics at acceptable >>levels.

    3 bad reasons for slavery:

    1) Ignorant niggers are hard on machinery, and sometimes each other. >>Increased maintenance costs.
    2) It is very taxing on the human body to have to constantly apply necessary >>beatings. Increase in health plan costs.
    3) Constant oversight of lazy niggers reduces time with family. Negative hit >>to work/life balance. >>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ''3 good reasons for slavery'' homework assignment sparks controversy

    January 10, 2018

    MILWAUKEE, WI - A homework assignment at a Wisconsin Christian school >>sparked backlash after a teacher asked students to list "three good reasons >>for slavery."

    Fourth-grade students at Our Redeemer Lutheran School were handed a group >>assignment on Monday in English class.

    The question: "give three 'good' reasons for slavery and three bad reasons." >>
    One parent said she was shocked and offended.

    "It's highly offensive and insensitive. I was in shock. I couldn't believe >>they sent something like that home," parent Trameka Brown-Berry said.

    Brown-Berry is the mother of a 9-year-old boy in the class.

    "Not only was my son in an awful position, but the students who weren't >>black, because it's that sort of mentality of not being able to see from >>another's perspective and only seeing your lens-- that's what dangerous. >>That's what keeps racism going," Brown-Berry said.

    The school's principal Jim Van Dellen declined to speak with reporters, but >>admitted that the assignment was out of line.

    Van Dellen said in a letter sent on Tuesday to parents and students, "The >>purpose of the assignment was not, in any way, to have students argue that >>any slavery is acceptable."

    He said the assignment, which Van Dellen said was intended to spark debate, >>is no longer part of the curriculum.

    "And for it to be a Christian school, they could have said something like, >>'What are three good things we can do to prevent slavery from happening?" >>Andrea Michel, with Safe Place Meeting Group, said.

    The principal vowed to better communicate sensitive subjects being discussed >>in class with parents before presenting it to students.

    Brown-Berry said the homework assignment should be a lesson to us all, and >>that's the reason she posted it online.

    "Speak up, tell your story and voice your opinion because that is how you go >>about change. And that is what I was trying to model for my son," >>Brown-Berry said.

    The principal said he will meet with Brown-Berry parent face-to-face on >>Wednesday.

    It is unclear if the teacher was disciplined.
    https://www.click2houston.com/news/national/-3-good-reasons-for-slavery-homework-assignment-sparks-controversy


    Well, it'd give the beasts something to do. They never had lives before they >>started picking our cotton!


    where is the connection in the alleged assignment between 'blacks' and
    'slaves'?


    Most peoples have, at some time or another, been
    both the slaves and the slavemasters. In the absence
    of Caterpillar equipment, if you wanted to get ahead
    quick in the old world you acquired lots of slaves.

    However there IS a context issue here. If you'd given
    this assignment in, say, the Czech Republic then it
    would be a "neutral" sort of questionaire. Hand it out
    in the USA, with its relatively recent history of large-
    scale slavery and post-slavery racial oppression,
    then it becomes something else entirely.

    IMHO you *never* ask anyone to justify slavery
    in the USA, not for a few more centuries anyhow.
    May as well go to the local VFW and ask the old
    timers to list ten reasons why Hitler was a great
    guy ... or to the women's shelter and ask them
    to list five positive things about rape.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: www.darkrealms.ca (1:229/2)
  • From abelard@1:229/2 to All on Sunday, January 28, 2018 11:50:19
    XPost: talk.politics.misc, can.politics, uk.politics.misc
    XPost: alt.school
    From: abelard3@abelard.org

    On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 22:43:56 -0500, Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net>
    wrote:

    On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 13:51:35 +0100, abelard <abelard3@abelard.org>
    wrote:

    On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 17:21:10 -0600, "Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> wrote:

    Fuck, lemme help the kiddos out here, with some modern business >>>justifications:

    3 good reasons for slavery:

    1) Jobs will be filled 100% by niggers. Affirmative Action compliance.
    2) We can work them into the ground for the cost of some rice and corn meal, >>>a tin shanty, and a few watermelons at Christmas. Positive cash flow.
    3) We can keep them from breeding infant niggers that will become a threat >>>if their numbers are allowed to swell. Keeping HR metrics at acceptable >>>levels.

    3 bad reasons for slavery:

    1) Ignorant niggers are hard on machinery, and sometimes each other. >>>Increased maintenance costs.
    2) It is very taxing on the human body to have to constantly apply necessary >>>beatings. Increase in health plan costs.
    3) Constant oversight of lazy niggers reduces time with family. Negative hit >>>to work/life balance. >>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ''3 good reasons for slavery'' homework assignment sparks controversy

    January 10, 2018

    MILWAUKEE, WI - A homework assignment at a Wisconsin Christian school >>>sparked backlash after a teacher asked students to list "three good reasons >>>for slavery."

    Fourth-grade students at Our Redeemer Lutheran School were handed a group >>>assignment on Monday in English class.

    The question: "give three 'good' reasons for slavery and three bad reasons." >>>
    One parent said she was shocked and offended.

    "It's highly offensive and insensitive. I was in shock. I couldn't believe >>>they sent something like that home," parent Trameka Brown-Berry said.

    Brown-Berry is the mother of a 9-year-old boy in the class.

    "Not only was my son in an awful position, but the students who weren't >>>black, because it's that sort of mentality of not being able to see from >>>another's perspective and only seeing your lens-- that's what dangerous. >>>That's what keeps racism going," Brown-Berry said.

    The school's principal Jim Van Dellen declined to speak with reporters, but >>>admitted that the assignment was out of line.

    Van Dellen said in a letter sent on Tuesday to parents and students, "The >>>purpose of the assignment was not, in any way, to have students argue that >>>any slavery is acceptable."

    He said the assignment, which Van Dellen said was intended to spark debate, >>>is no longer part of the curriculum.

    "And for it to be a Christian school, they could have said something like, >>>'What are three good things we can do to prevent slavery from happening?" >>>Andrea Michel, with Safe Place Meeting Group, said.

    The principal vowed to better communicate sensitive subjects being discussed >>>in class with parents before presenting it to students.

    Brown-Berry said the homework assignment should be a lesson to us all, and >>>that's the reason she posted it online.

    "Speak up, tell your story and voice your opinion because that is how you go >>>about change. And that is what I was trying to model for my son," >>>Brown-Berry said.

    The principal said he will meet with Brown-Berry parent face-to-face on >>>Wednesday.

    It is unclear if the teacher was disciplined.
    https://www.click2houston.com/news/national/-3-good-reasons-for-slavery-homework-assignment-sparks-controversy


    Well, it'd give the beasts something to do. They never had lives before they >>>started picking our cotton!


    where is the connection in the alleged assignment between 'blacks' and
    'slaves'?


    Most peoples have, at some time or another, been
    both the slaves and the slavemasters. In the absence
    of Caterpillar equipment, if you wanted to get ahead
    quick in the old world you acquired lots of slaves.

    However there IS a context issue here. If you'd given
    this assignment in, say, the Czech Republic then it
    would be a "neutral" sort of questionaire. Hand it out
    in the USA, with its relatively recent history of large-
    scale slavery and post-slavery racial oppression,
    then it becomes something else entirely.

    IMHO you *never* ask anyone to justify slavery
    in the USA, not for a few more centuries anyhow.
    May as well go to the local VFW and ask the old
    timers to list ten reasons why Hitler was a great
    guy ... or to the women's shelter and ask them
    to list five positive things about rape.

    rape is a clear case of slavery...
    hitler widely use clear slavery...to the extent of deliberately
    working slaves to death

    marxists regularly and plausibly talk of wage slavery...

    in america, slaves were a valued asset...as were the many
    indentured workers from europe...
    thus they were 'paid' to varying degrees...and their
    descendants are now getting better lives...
    waving the victim flag several generations later rarely much
    impresses me...let alone using it divisively as is common among
    socialists('democrats')...
    claiming to be a victim is not the most effective route to self
    actualisation...

    thus i find the notion of 'slavery' a mite slippery...

    if i am often to deal with people who make crude assumptions
    as they react without thought to words, i try to start by getting
    some idea of just what they 'think' they are on about...
    much of the time i'm not even sure if their crudity of expression
    is deliberate or accidental...

    hence my starter question to the previous poster

    as you have moved on to my next question :-) i would like to
    see your response to the above


    --
    www.abelard.org

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: www.darkrealms.ca (1:229/2)
  • From Mr. B1ack@1:229/2 to All on Sunday, January 28, 2018 18:05:39
    XPost: talk.politics.misc, can.politics, uk.politics.misc
    XPost: alt.school
    From: nowhere@nada.net

    On Sun, 28 Jan 2018 11:50:19 +0100, abelard <abelard3@abelard.org>
    wrote:

    On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 22:43:56 -0500, Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net>
    wrote:

    On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 13:51:35 +0100, abelard <abelard3@abelard.org>
    wrote:

    On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 17:21:10 -0600, "Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> wrote:

    Fuck, lemme help the kiddos out here, with some modern business >>>>justifications:

    3 good reasons for slavery:

    1) Jobs will be filled 100% by niggers. Affirmative Action compliance. >>>>2) We can work them into the ground for the cost of some rice and corn meal,
    a tin shanty, and a few watermelons at Christmas. Positive cash flow. >>>>3) We can keep them from breeding infant niggers that will become a threat >>>>if their numbers are allowed to swell. Keeping HR metrics at acceptable >>>>levels.

    3 bad reasons for slavery:

    1) Ignorant niggers are hard on machinery, and sometimes each other. >>>>Increased maintenance costs.
    2) It is very taxing on the human body to have to constantly apply necessary
    beatings. Increase in health plan costs.
    3) Constant oversight of lazy niggers reduces time with family. Negative hit
    to work/life balance. >>>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ''3 good reasons for slavery'' homework assignment sparks controversy

    January 10, 2018

    MILWAUKEE, WI - A homework assignment at a Wisconsin Christian school >>>>sparked backlash after a teacher asked students to list "three good reasons >>>>for slavery."

    Fourth-grade students at Our Redeemer Lutheran School were handed a group >>>>assignment on Monday in English class.

    The question: "give three 'good' reasons for slavery and three bad reasons."

    One parent said she was shocked and offended.

    "It's highly offensive and insensitive. I was in shock. I couldn't believe >>>>they sent something like that home," parent Trameka Brown-Berry said.

    Brown-Berry is the mother of a 9-year-old boy in the class.

    "Not only was my son in an awful position, but the students who weren't >>>>black, because it's that sort of mentality of not being able to see from >>>>another's perspective and only seeing your lens-- that's what dangerous. >>>>That's what keeps racism going," Brown-Berry said.

    The school's principal Jim Van Dellen declined to speak with reporters, but >>>>admitted that the assignment was out of line.

    Van Dellen said in a letter sent on Tuesday to parents and students, "The >>>>purpose of the assignment was not, in any way, to have students argue that >>>>any slavery is acceptable."

    He said the assignment, which Van Dellen said was intended to spark debate, >>>>is no longer part of the curriculum.

    "And for it to be a Christian school, they could have said something like, >>>>'What are three good things we can do to prevent slavery from happening?" >>>>Andrea Michel, with Safe Place Meeting Group, said.

    The principal vowed to better communicate sensitive subjects being discussed
    in class with parents before presenting it to students.

    Brown-Berry said the homework assignment should be a lesson to us all, and >>>>that's the reason she posted it online.

    "Speak up, tell your story and voice your opinion because that is how you go
    about change. And that is what I was trying to model for my son," >>>>Brown-Berry said.

    The principal said he will meet with Brown-Berry parent face-to-face on >>>>Wednesday.

    It is unclear if the teacher was disciplined.
    https://www.click2houston.com/news/national/-3-good-reasons-for-slavery-homework-assignment-sparks-controversy


    Well, it'd give the beasts something to do. They never had lives before they
    started picking our cotton!


    where is the connection in the alleged assignment between 'blacks' and
    'slaves'?


    Most peoples have, at some time or another, been
    both the slaves and the slavemasters. In the absence
    of Caterpillar equipment, if you wanted to get ahead
    quick in the old world you acquired lots of slaves.

    However there IS a context issue here. If you'd given
    this assignment in, say, the Czech Republic then it
    would be a "neutral" sort of questionaire. Hand it out
    in the USA, with its relatively recent history of large-
    scale slavery and post-slavery racial oppression,
    then it becomes something else entirely.

    IMHO you *never* ask anyone to justify slavery
    in the USA, not for a few more centuries anyhow.
    May as well go to the local VFW and ask the old
    timers to list ten reasons why Hitler was a great
    guy ... or to the women's shelter and ask them
    to list five positive things about rape.

    rape is a clear case of slavery...
    hitler widely use clear slavery...to the extent of deliberately
    working slaves to death

    marxists regularly and plausibly talk of wage slavery...

    in america, slaves were a valued asset...as were the many
    indentured workers from europe...
    thus they were 'paid' to varying degrees...and their
    descendants are now getting better lives...
    waving the victim flag several generations later rarely much
    impresses me...let alone using it divisively as is common among
    socialists('democrats')...
    claiming to be a victim is not the most effective route to self
    actualisation...

    thus i find the notion of 'slavery' a mite slippery...

    if i am often to deal with people who make crude assumptions
    as they react without thought to words, i try to start by getting
    some idea of just what they 'think' they are on about...
    much of the time i'm not even sure if their crudity of expression
    is deliberate or accidental...

    hence my starter question to the previous poster

    as you have moved on to my next question :-) i would like to
    see your response to the above


    Sorry Abby ... but I can't agree with your take on
    slavery here. Even an unbeaten slave is STILL
    a slave, a prisoner sans crime or conviction.

    No, it wasn't all like Uncle Toms Cabin, but it was
    still pretty bad - and could GET really UTC at the
    slightest provocation.

    I didn't hear of any delegations of ex-slaves going
    to Washington in 1866 demanding the institution
    be re-legalized. There's a reason for that - nobody
    wanted to be a slave, did not feel "improved" by
    the experience either.

    The persistence of apartheid for over 100 years
    after slavery officially ended isn't exactly anything
    America can brag about. It extended many aspects
    of the "slavery experience" ... so it might be fair to
    say slavery didn't REALLY end until the 1965 Civil
    Rights Act.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: www.darkrealms.ca (1:229/2)
  • From abelard@1:229/2 to All on Monday, January 29, 2018 12:17:15
    XPost: talk.politics.misc, can.politics, uk.politics.misc
    XPost: alt.school
    From: abelard3@abelard.org

    On Sun, 28 Jan 2018 18:05:39 -0500, Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net>
    wrote:

    On Sun, 28 Jan 2018 11:50:19 +0100, abelard <abelard3@abelard.org>
    wrote:

    On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 22:43:56 -0500, Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net>
    wrote:

    On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 13:51:35 +0100, abelard <abelard3@abelard.org>
    wrote:

    On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 17:21:10 -0600, "Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> wrote:

    Fuck, lemme help the kiddos out here, with some modern business >>>>>justifications:

    3 good reasons for slavery:

    1) Jobs will be filled 100% by niggers. Affirmative Action compliance. >>>>>2) We can work them into the ground for the cost of some rice and corn meal,
    a tin shanty, and a few watermelons at Christmas. Positive cash flow. >>>>>3) We can keep them from breeding infant niggers that will become a threat >>>>>if their numbers are allowed to swell. Keeping HR metrics at acceptable >>>>>levels.

    3 bad reasons for slavery:

    1) Ignorant niggers are hard on machinery, and sometimes each other. >>>>>Increased maintenance costs.
    2) It is very taxing on the human body to have to constantly apply necessary
    beatings. Increase in health plan costs.
    3) Constant oversight of lazy niggers reduces time with family. Negative hit
    to work/life balance. >>>>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ''3 good reasons for slavery'' homework assignment sparks controversy >>>>>
    January 10, 2018

    MILWAUKEE, WI - A homework assignment at a Wisconsin Christian school >>>>>sparked backlash after a teacher asked students to list "three good reasons
    for slavery."

    Fourth-grade students at Our Redeemer Lutheran School were handed a group >>>>>assignment on Monday in English class.

    The question: "give three 'good' reasons for slavery and three bad reasons."

    One parent said she was shocked and offended.

    "It's highly offensive and insensitive. I was in shock. I couldn't believe >>>>>they sent something like that home," parent Trameka Brown-Berry said. >>>>>
    Brown-Berry is the mother of a 9-year-old boy in the class.

    "Not only was my son in an awful position, but the students who weren't >>>>>black, because it's that sort of mentality of not being able to see from >>>>>another's perspective and only seeing your lens-- that's what dangerous. >>>>>That's what keeps racism going," Brown-Berry said.

    The school's principal Jim Van Dellen declined to speak with reporters, but
    admitted that the assignment was out of line.

    Van Dellen said in a letter sent on Tuesday to parents and students, "The >>>>>purpose of the assignment was not, in any way, to have students argue that >>>>>any slavery is acceptable."

    He said the assignment, which Van Dellen said was intended to spark debate,
    is no longer part of the curriculum.

    "And for it to be a Christian school, they could have said something like, >>>>>'What are three good things we can do to prevent slavery from happening?" >>>>>Andrea Michel, with Safe Place Meeting Group, said.

    The principal vowed to better communicate sensitive subjects being discussed
    in class with parents before presenting it to students.

    Brown-Berry said the homework assignment should be a lesson to us all, and >>>>>that's the reason she posted it online.

    "Speak up, tell your story and voice your opinion because that is how you go
    about change. And that is what I was trying to model for my son," >>>>>Brown-Berry said.

    The principal said he will meet with Brown-Berry parent face-to-face on >>>>>Wednesday.

    It is unclear if the teacher was disciplined.
    https://www.click2houston.com/news/national/-3-good-reasons-for-slavery-homework-assignment-sparks-controversy


    Well, it'd give the beasts something to do. They never had lives before they
    started picking our cotton!


    where is the connection in the alleged assignment between 'blacks' and
    'slaves'?


    Most peoples have, at some time or another, been
    both the slaves and the slavemasters. In the absence
    of Caterpillar equipment, if you wanted to get ahead
    quick in the old world you acquired lots of slaves.

    However there IS a context issue here. If you'd given
    this assignment in, say, the Czech Republic then it
    would be a "neutral" sort of questionaire. Hand it out
    in the USA, with its relatively recent history of large-
    scale slavery and post-slavery racial oppression,
    then it becomes something else entirely.

    IMHO you *never* ask anyone to justify slavery
    in the USA, not for a few more centuries anyhow.
    May as well go to the local VFW and ask the old
    timers to list ten reasons why Hitler was a great
    guy ... or to the women's shelter and ask them
    to list five positive things about rape.

    rape is a clear case of slavery...
    hitler widely use clear slavery...to the extent of deliberately
    working slaves to death

    marxists regularly and plausibly talk of wage slavery...

    in america, slaves were a valued asset...as were the many
    indentured workers from europe...
    thus they were 'paid' to varying degrees...and their
    descendants are now getting better lives...
    waving the victim flag several generations later rarely much
    impresses me...let alone using it divisively as is common among
    socialists('democrats')...
    claiming to be a victim is not the most effective route to self
    actualisation...

    thus i find the notion of 'slavery' a mite slippery...

    if i am often to deal with people who make crude assumptions
    as they react without thought to words, i try to start by getting
    some idea of just what they 'think' they are on about...
    much of the time i'm not even sure if their crudity of expression
    is deliberate or accidental...

    hence my starter question to the previous poster

    as you have moved on to my next question :-) i would like to
    see your response to the above


    Sorry Abby ... but I can't agree with your take on
    slavery here. Even an unbeaten slave is STILL
    a slave, a prisoner sans crime or conviction.

    i wasn't rabbiting on about 'badness'

    No, it wasn't all like Uncle Toms Cabin, but it was
    still pretty bad - and could GET really UTC at the
    slightest provocation.

    I didn't hear of any delegations of ex-slaves going
    to Washington in 1866 demanding the institution
    be re-legalized. There's a reason for that - nobody
    wanted to be a slave, did not feel "improved" by
    the experience either.

    a large proportion of those 'employed' in many roles would
    rather a perceived better lot in life

    The persistence of apartheid for over 100 years
    after slavery officially ended isn't exactly anything
    America can brag about.

    again, i wasn't banging on about virtue signalling

    It extended many aspects
    of the "slavery experience" ... so it might be fair to
    say slavery didn't REALLY end until the 1965 Civil
    Rights Act.

    nor about 'bragging' rights...

    slavery is not on/off....any more than other situations...

    the *general* lot of slaves in the usa was not greatly different from
    the slaves in many areas of the world to this day...
    and a lot better than the lot of jewish and other slaves in national
    socialist germany or socialist russia...or the lot of rape
    victims around the world right now

    with an enlightened owner it wasn't a great deal different from the
    general lot of a 'wage slave' in a victorian world...

    your collectivist approach surprises me...every person and every case
    is different

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