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School In Trouble For Forcing 10 Year Old Black Student To Play Slave For A Social Studies Session
A school district in Ohio is in trouble after the mother of a black fifth grade student said her son was assigned to play a slave for a social studies lesson.
Aneka Burton said that in her 10-year-old son Nikko's social studies lesson, the class was divided into two groups: slaves and masters.
Nikko ended up in the slave group and said the students playing the master role would "look in your mouth and feel your legs and stuff and see if you're strong,"
"He felt degraded, I feel like that was totally inappropriate; it was racist and it was degrading."
Even worse, the incident was not a one-time thing, according to the school district.
A district spokesperson said that the slave auction was part of a state-required curriculum.
Once the news broke, Chapelfield Elementary School Principal Scott Schmidt called the Burtons to apologize and the school district said officials acted once concern was raised.
"I don't know how long it's been going on," Burton told WBNS-10TV, "but I am just shocked nobody has ever complained about it."
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