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Washington mother upset her daughter was asked to pick cotton in class
upi ^ | April 30, 2014 | Evan Bleier

Posted on 04/30/2014 2:43:58 PM PDT by JoeProBono

REDMOND , Wash. A mother in Washington is upset after a teacher at her daughter’s middle school allegedly gave students an assignment that required them to pick cotton so that they could "see what it was like to be a slave."

Carolyn Walker called Redmond Middle School to inform them that her daughter would not be doing the assignment and later found out the teacher gave her daughter an F.

"My daughter is African American and for her to pick cotton when her grandparents were raised on a plantation to pick cotton, is not OK, it's not OK at all," Walker told KIRO 7. "It's not just about my daughter, all races should not have to participate in this. It's wrong, it's absolutely wrong."

According to the Lake Washington School District, the lesson was about “the impact that the invention of the cotton gin had on the Industrial Revolution."

Walker has scheduled a meeting with the teacher and the principal where she will request that the cotton lesson be dropped from the school’s curriculum.


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KEYWORDS: academicbias; cotton; herstory; likelystories; plantation; slave; washington
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To: ladyjane

I can picture that, but sixth graders aren’t savvy enough to take over the plantation!!!


141 posted on 04/30/2014 6:28:42 PM PDT by Bartholomew Roberts
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To: defconw

FWIW I know of several people here in NE Mississippi that had Grandfathers that fought during the Civil War. Until two years ago, there were two men that were Real Sons of Confederate soldiers, meaning that their Fathers were Confederate soldiers. The last Confederate widow in Mississippi passed away in 1987.


142 posted on 04/30/2014 8:51:56 PM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: vetvetdoug

Maybe they had grandfathers that fought in the Civil War. As men turn into old men those tails get bigger and bigger. My grandfather once caught a whale... Never trust a grandpa :) Miss him every day.


143 posted on 05/01/2014 4:27:09 AM PDT by defconw (Well now what?)
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To: defconw; Revolting cat!; GeronL
Her grandparents were raised on a plantation? I am 50 years old and my great grandmother was born in 1881, for crying out loud! But this child’s grandparents are over 150 years old? LOL

And they walked uphill to school BOTH ways.

PS, this man picked cotton. Sometimes having a job like that at an early age makes you want to go out there and succeed at something else so you don't have to.


144 posted on 05/01/2014 5:43:22 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
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To: a fool in paradise

You forgot that it was 5 miles up hill both ways and through 8 feet of snow. :)


145 posted on 05/01/2014 6:00:43 AM PDT by defconw (Well now what?)
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To: cva66snipe

I guess that Al Gore sold all those baccky fields.


146 posted on 05/01/2014 6:04:53 AM PDT by Coldwater Creek
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To: JoeProBono

The little girl’s grandparents were slaves? If her mother is 50 (generous calculation) and if HER mother (the grandparent) was 50 when she had her that would take back to 1914. How much slavery was there back then???


147 posted on 05/01/2014 6:10:21 AM PDT by NCLaw441
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To: JoeProBono
LOL!!!

BTW, my 12 YO son and I are going to help with the grape harvest this summer at a local vineyard. He's really excited about it, but I think his enthusiasm will wane rapidly after picking grapes in 100 degree weather.

I can't wait for what should be an excellent teaching moment.

148 posted on 05/01/2014 6:15:50 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (For every Ted Cruz we send to DC, I can endure 2-3 "unviable" candidates that beat incumbents.)
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To: defconw
Now, if the teacher made this girl pick cotton while the other kids all stood and watched, she would understand what it is like to work for the government.

If she had to pay to pick cotton which was then sold and the money was given to the other students who sat around and did nothing, she would understand what it is like to work in the private sector.

149 posted on 05/01/2014 6:27:51 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
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To: Night Hides Not
When I worked (for pay) on someone else's farm one summer, we did the picking from ~5:45am-11am. Get the fields cleared before the heat comes in.

And rain or "shine" you worked". Picking corn and other produce.

150 posted on 05/01/2014 6:29:08 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
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To: vetvetdoug; Revolting cat!
The last Confederate widow in Mississippi passed away in 1987.

Was his name Mohammed?

151 posted on 05/01/2014 6:32:12 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
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To: defconw

LOL! My grandfather remembered the time Galveston Bay froze over. I always wondered about that. :)


152 posted on 05/01/2014 6:36:39 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: a fool in paradise
Hardest job I had as a kid was bailing hay. Honest work for 10 cents an hour.


153 posted on 05/01/2014 6:58:57 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: Ditter

Of course as a child I believed every crazy thing he told me at first. Then I learned to run things by Grandma before I repeated the story to anyone else.


154 posted on 05/01/2014 7:04:20 AM PDT by defconw (Well now what?)
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To: Ditter
LOL! My grandfather remembered the time Galveston Bay froze over. I always wondered about that. :)

#ITSTRUEITELLYA

155 posted on 05/01/2014 7:07:43 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
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To: Semper911

“What I don’t know about Jewish traditions could fill a book.”

I suspect you may own the book, however. Seems most do. They just don’t read it.

(And yes, I am joking about the “airing of grievances,” in case someone is taking me seriously. Jewish families are just like any other family. Add extended relatives and wine, and it becomes a Coen Brothers movie, hopefully without the dybbuk.)


156 posted on 05/01/2014 7:25:55 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: Jewbacca

LOL!


157 posted on 05/01/2014 7:34:25 AM PDT by defconw (Well now what?)
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To: JoeProBono

No problem, give me an unopened bottle of aspirin.


158 posted on 05/01/2014 7:35:55 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Jewbacca
I suspect you may own the book, however.

Yeah, it was a little joke. I was hoping you would see what I did there.

159 posted on 05/01/2014 7:37:40 AM PDT by Semper911 (When you want to rob Peter to pay Paul, you'll always have the support of Paul.)
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To: a fool in paradise
The Last Confederate Widow in Mississippi was asked why she married a man in his 60’s when she was in her late teens and her reply was that the man was a gentleman and gave her respect and loved her. She said the boys around her age didn't have near the class that this man did. They had several children of which the last passed away just two years ago.
160 posted on 05/01/2014 7:58:40 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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