List Positive Aspects of Slavery: Texas Charter School Assignment

A teacher at a San Antonio charter school has been placed on leave after giving eighth-grade American history students an assignment to list the positive aspects of slavery. The school has issued an apology, saying the worksheet was a “clear mistake.”

https://patch.com/pennsylvania/springfield-pa/s/geod8/defend-slavery-texas-charter-school-kids-told-teacher-leave

"We are fully aware that there is a concerted effort by the far-right nationally to reframe slavery as being ‘not that bad’ and trying to revise the civil war as being about ‘states rights’ and not about slavery.”

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The country I live in was built on inhumane, systemic chattel slavery, and the subsequent exploitation, subjugation and denigration of millions of people.

Whether that’s a “positive” aspect or not probably depends upon one’s standing in this society.

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that would be a short list…

  1. Ummm I got nothing.

Done.

Well the states rights to have slaves but you know potato potahto.

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a majority of the texas state board of education probably feels it is a positive, so maga!

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