Racist Math Questions in GA

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'If Fred Got Two Beatings Per Day…' Homework Asks (ABC News)
Third graders in in Gwinnett County, Ga., were given math homework Wednesday that asked questions about slavery and beatings.
Christopher Braxton told ABC News affiliate WSB-TV in Atlanta that he couldn't believe the assignment his 8-year-old son brought home from of Beaver Ridge Elementary school in Norcross.
"It kind of blew me away," Braxton said. "Do you see what I see? Do you really see what I see? He's not answering this question."
The question read, "Each tree had 56 oranges. If eight slaves pick them equally, then how much would each slave pick?"
Another math problem read, "If Frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in one week?"
Another question asked how many baskets of cotton Frederick filled.
"I was furious at that point," Braxton said.
"This outrages me because it just lets me know that there's still racists," said Stephanie Jones, whose child is a student at the school.
"Something like that shouldn't be imbedded into a kid of the third, fourth, fifth, any grade," parent Terrance Barnett told WSB-TV. "I'm having to explain to my 8-year-old why slavery or slaves or beatings are in a math problem. That hurts."
"In this one, the teachers were trying to do a cross-curricular activity," Gwinnett County school district spokeswoman Sloan Roach said.
Roach said the teachers were attempting to incorporate social studies into math problems.
"We understand that there are concerns about these questions, and we agree that these questions were not appropriate," she said.
ABC News affiliate WSB-TV contributed to this report.

Source: 'If Fred Got Two Beatings Per Day?' Homework Asks - Yahoo! News

[notquiteright]

I read several reports online, what amazed me was the very low key response, as if the questions were not about a very hot flash point in American history in an Atlanta area school district. Perhaps there are school districts up in New Hampshire that don't understand the volatile nature of slavery but in Gwinnett county, Georgia?

Also interesting the spokesperson didn't give any facts behind how the math sheet was prepared. You would think that the school district would have gotten to the bottom of it BEFORE anyone goes on the record. Wonder if any action will be taken toward those preparing the sheet, guess those bad ol' teacher unions protect racist incompetence as well as the regular kind.

But they are shredding the math sheet, guess to destroy as much of the evidence as they can.

[The Great Catpiss]

Perhaps they are simply combining history and math.

Maybe that's how they will add the mandated gay studies to California classrooms without elminating more important topics.

If Robert has sex with 2 men a day, how many men would he sleep with in a week?

[notquiteright]

LMFAO-
Theater of the absurd. Make a strawman clown to somehow be the equiv and attempt to negate the racism. I doubt two anybodies having sex would be seen as a good combination of studies.

But when attempting to defend the undefendable absurdity is about all you got.

[The Great Catpiss]

Originally Posted by notquiteright

LMFAO-
Theater of the absurd. Make a strawman clown to somehow be the equiv and attempt to negate the racism. I doubt two anybodies having sex would be seen as a good combination of studies.

But when attempting to defend the undefendable absurdity is about all you got.

Nobody is defending anything. Apparently, a good sense of humor you are lacking.

Take off the tin foil hat and please continue to take your meds.

[notquiteright]

Usually when someone REALLY means something as a joke they add j/k or a smilie face. I didn't wear a tin foil hat, it was a steel pot.