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Vogon_Glory

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4. I Have Mixed Feelings About This

Thu Feb 28, 2019, 08:44 AM

Feb 2019

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If it was just Afro-American students, I’d say it was insensitive as all get-out. OTOH, I think handing cotton balls to white and other kids would also have made sense. NOT ALL COTTON-PICKERS WERE AFRO-AMERICAN. There were a LOT of white cotton-pickers back in the days before machines took over, particularly migrant laborers and share-croppers, and learning the unpleasant and occasionally painful parts of picking cotton makes for a more rounded education.

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Virginia first lady under fire for handing cotton to African American students on mansion tour [View all] littlemissmartypants Feb 2019 OP

WTF? rusty quoin Feb 2019 #1

Exactly. nt littlemissmartypants Feb 2019 #2

Was it just the two black students? 3Hotdogs Feb 2019 #3

I Have Mixed Feelings About This Vogon_Glory Feb 2019 #4

My maternal grandparents and their children, including my mother, were sharecroppers Lars39 Feb 2019 #7

Glen Campbell picked cotton in his youth. louis-t Feb 2019 #29

It's incredibly hard work. Lars39 Feb 2019 #32

Lots of people picked cotton. The first lady reportedly told these children to imagine being slaves. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2019 #9

That would be the case at Mt. Vernon treestar Mar 2019 #41

No, it was to all the Gov Pages obamanut2012 Feb 2019 #36

If it wasn't "targeting" the black students - what's the problem? harumph Feb 2019 #5

It's as if all those creative ways to teach treestar Feb 2019 #6

She handed the cotton to an African-American student EffieBlack Feb 2019 #8

teachers have gotten it for these types of things too treestar Feb 2019 #11

Teachers need to be more sensitive to minority students in these situations EffieBlack Feb 2019 #13

You're 100% correct EllenJ Feb 2019 #16

So doing away with Black History Month and integrating it treestar Mar 2019 #38

Black history is American history EffieBlack Mar 2019 #40

I don't think those subjects can be taught without offending someone BannonsLiver Feb 2019 #18

Yes, it can. Dave Starsky Feb 2019 #23

There have been teachers who tried to get creative with it who have been fired. BannonsLiver Feb 2019 #25

I just published a new apology because I thought you were being facetious. Dave Starsky Feb 2019 #27

That describes slavery in general treestar Mar 2019 #39

+1000 littlemissmartypants Feb 2019 #12

I absolutely agree. Not everyone knows how to teach. LisaM Feb 2019 #31

that is what happens at the real Holocost museum dsc Feb 2019 #15

But everyone who goes in is given this. A couple of kids aren't singled out. EffieBlack Feb 2019 #17

Yes, that's a glaring difference. LisaM Feb 2019 #33

inappropriate circumstance GeorgeGist Feb 2019 #10

Completely agree. nt littlemissmartypants Feb 2019 #14

What the actual hell? Next up: let's give some Chinese-American kids a pickaxe, Maru Kitteh Feb 2019 #19

You know what? Blue_Tires Feb 2019 #20

It sounds as if she handed the cotton to other non-black children too. Sapient Donkey Feb 2019 #21

Something a lot of poster in this thread are missing. rogue emissary Feb 2019 #22

But a teacher can't assume that. A teacher teaches everyone, regardless. Dave Starsky Feb 2019 #24

I'm using my own experience. rogue emissary Feb 2019 #30

And that is from your perspective. Dave Starsky Feb 2019 #35

I went to school at the end of segregation treestar Mar 2019 #42

My daughter has been taught about slavery in Virginia schools underpants Feb 2019 #26

I'd have to hear more of the context of the discussion to determine just how wrong this is ... mr_lebowski Feb 2019 #28

To my understanding, that's how it was presented. Dave Starsky Feb 2019 #34

It was presented that way obamanut2012 Feb 2019 #37

Dear Mr. & Mrs. Northam: At this point, YOU HAVE ONE JOB!!! bullwinkle428 Mar 2019 #43