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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: vetvetdoug

I thought I read once that they did it for the military pensions.


161 posted on 05/01/2014 8:03:57 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: JoeProBono

Ha! Good one.

This black mom needs to lighten up. When I was 12 I was picking crops for a local farmer to help with the household expenses. Dad was a preacher in a small country church, so “getting by” on his salary was an issue. I think that if I had kids (which I don’t), I’d make sure they put in a couple years of farm work. It builds character.


162 posted on 05/01/2014 8:59:50 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: JoeProBono
Hardest job I had as a kid was bailing hay. Honest work for 10 cents an hour.

Did the same for my grandpa, except grandpa didn't believe in a bailing machine.
You picked it up with a pitchfork and loaded the wagon, big wagon, big, big wagon, LOL.
Oh, pay was $1.00, if grandpa way happy that day :)

163 posted on 05/01/2014 12:53:30 PM PDT by The Cajun (tea party!!!, Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert......Nuff said.)
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To: The Cajun
I ate a lot of hay dust behind the tractor.

The farmer I worked for took a 10 minute nap after lunch and then we went bailing again.


164 posted on 05/01/2014 1:21:42 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: JoeProBono
Think that's where I learned to save money that was worked for.
After the hay barn was full to the top, you really didn't want to spend the money for while, it wasn't easy to come by.

Money given to me, birthdays, etc, was blown pretty quickly however.
Easy money versus hard money, I always remembered the hard money :)

165 posted on 05/01/2014 1:52:49 PM PDT by The Cajun (tea party!!!, Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert......Nuff said.)
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To: The Cajun
The hard money bought me my first 22


166 posted on 05/01/2014 2:03:56 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: Bigg Red

http://www.southernexposure.com/cotton-c-19.html?zenid=sgf4hnmuhspse5quqms20fqul2


167 posted on 05/01/2014 2:05:05 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: al baby

In the technical fields, that unit of measurement is referred to as an ‘RCH’.


168 posted on 05/02/2014 11:55:11 AM PDT by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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To: Black Agnes

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169 posted on 05/08/2014 5:39:25 PM PDT by Bigg Red (1 Pt 1: As he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct.)
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To: Bigg Red

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170 posted on 05/08/2014 6:26:19 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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