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7th November 2009, 03:11 PM
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Reps: 191,665,184,921,600,032 (power: 191,665,184,921,621) | | Black students told to act like slaves WAXHAW, N.C., Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Parents and teachers at a North Carolina school are protesting a history lesson that involved African-American students pretending to be slaves.
Teachers at Rea View Elementary in Waxhaw said they are planning to write leaders at the Latta Plantation about a lesson during a Wednesday field trip that involved an African-American tour guide instructing black students to pretend to be slaves while their white classmates looked on, WSOC-TV, Charlotte, reported Friday. Black students told to act like slaves - UPI.com | 
9th November 2009, 09:39 AM
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Maybe having random kids wear the bags, but not just AA.(unless AA wanted too)
I doubt the school even considered this possibility since the presenter was AA.
I guess, I am prejudice(pre-judge) that a minority would understand the facts and feelings of slavery.
I guess race, has no boundry on ignorance.
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9th November 2009, 11:32 AM
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