Teacher asks 8th-grade students to list positives of slavery...

[bodecea]

In all honesty, and no offense to slaves, the cotton industry was inconsequential to the South and totally irrelevent to the North. I know, brainwashed folks like to think slaves actually built something, the Great Pyramid for example. Complete delusion. The reality is Blacks barely sustained the plantation they were on which sustained them. Sorry!

More importantly, WTF are public schools doing? Teaching facts or making snowflakes?

"the cotton industry was inconsequential to the South"........

 

[Coyote]

The slaves were fed, clothed, sheltered. They paid for nothing. The natural state of the liberal is slavery. They only want a kind and generous master.

They were given medical care. Other than working in the fields every day, compared to the life they might have had back in Africa, it's possible many of them actually ended up having a better life here even as a slave, and after the Civil War they were free people, and if not for them, none of the Blacks here today would be here, nearly all of them would never have been born or would be living over in Ethiopia, Sudan or some other starving, dirt poor, backward African country, instead, many of them have been born here to grow up to be lawyers, doctors, scientists, people of education and leading great lives. All because of slavery. It all balances out. Some blacks want their reparations-- -- -- well, there you are.

Oh yes. History is full of happy slaves.



Would you rather be a slave or a free man? Simple one or the other will suffice.

 

[Aba Incieni]

According to the 1860 US Census, presumably the height of the slave era, 1.8% of Americans owned slaves.

That's right, less than 2% of Americans owned slaves.

But most all of them sent their own children to work 16 hours a day in the mills and factories for 2 cents a day.

Slavery was bad and America fought a war to end it. But life was no cakewalk for most everyone in those days.

 

[aaronleland]

Teacher asks 8th-grade students to list positives of slavery

SAN ANTONIO -- A San Antonio charter school has apologized after a teacher asked students in an eighth grade American history class to list the positive and negative aspects of slavery. The teacher at Great Hearts Monte Vista who distributed a worksheet titled "The Life of Slaves: A Balanced View" has been placed on leave.

Aaron Kindel, the superintendent of Great Hearts Texas, said in a statement the school would audit the textbook associated with the lesson.

"To be clear, there is no debate about slavery. It is immoral and a crime against humanity," Kindel said in a statement posted Thursday on the Great Hearts Facebook page. He said the school's headmaster plans to explain the mistake to the history class.

Scott Overland, a spokesman for Pearson, which published the textbook, said the company didn't create and doesn't endorse the worksheet assigned to the students, CBS affiliate KENS-TV reports.

"We do not support the point of view represented in the worksheet and strongly condemn the implication that there was any positive aspect to slavery," Overland said.

A parent of one of the students in the class posted the worksheet Wednesday on Facebook. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, drew attention to the issue on Thursday when the Democrat tweeted that the worksheet was "absolutely unacceptable."

Let's see...

1. Free labor.

2. The cotton industry was booming.

3. As the great Cliven Bundy once said, it "gave them something to do".

4. 12 Years A Slave, which was a great movie, never would have been made.

Can you think of any more?

The school is just one more PC Idiocracy. EVERYTHING has a + and a - side to it, even slavery, that is the nature of the universe, otherwise there never would have been slaves! It was a lesson in critical thinking, thinking outside the box, not justification of slavery, but now thanks to fear of PC, these kids will lose a valuable lesson in looking at something very bad and seeing that even such things have their positive aspects. The Chinese call it yin and yang, but in the Dumbed Down States of America, our poor kids are not allowed to think and learn freely, being told by their "school" that you are only allowed to believe that things like slavery, war, old age, illness and even death are all bad with nothing good or positive to ever be gleaned, taken or learned from them.

What was the plus side of Hitler? He was a lousy painter.

Cool looking uniforms. Torch-lit marches are pretty badass.

 

[Coyote]

According to the 1860 US Census, presumably the height of the slave era, 1.8% of Americans owned slaves.

That's right, less than 2% of Americans owned slaves.

But most all of them sent their own children to work 16 hours a day in the mills and factories for 2 cents a day.

Slavery was bad and America fought a war to end it. But life was no cakewalk for most everyone in those days.

I suspect it was worse for a slave. Bought, sold, owned, families split, legally raped. Life sucked, but it sucked especially bad for slaves. People shouldn't white wash it.

 

[Aba Incieni]

According to the 1860 US Census, presumably the height of the slave era, 1.8% of Americans owned slaves.

That's right, less than 2% of Americans owned slaves.

But most all of them sent their own children to work 16 hours a day in the mills and factories for 2 cents a day.

Slavery was bad and America fought a war to end it. But life was no cakewalk for most everyone in those days.

I suspect it was worse for a slave. Bought, sold, owned, families split, legally raped. Life sucked, but it sucked especially bad for slaves. People shouldn't white wash it.

Do you think all blacks should be held responsible for what 2% of their population does?

 

[Coyote]

According to the 1860 US Census, presumably the height of the slave era, 1.8% of Americans owned slaves.

That's right, less than 2% of Americans owned slaves.

But most all of them sent their own children to work 16 hours a day in the mills and factories for 2 cents a day.

Slavery was bad and America fought a war to end it. But life was no cakewalk for most everyone in those days.

I suspect it was worse for a slave. Bought, sold, owned, families split, legally raped. Life sucked, but it sucked especially bad for slaves. People shouldn't white wash it.

Do you think all blacks should be held responsible for what 2% of their population does?

What does that have to do with anything? Hint: I hold no one responsible for the actions of over a century ago. The only one's responsible for an action are those committing the action.

 

[Dan Stubbs]

Teacher asks 8th-grade students to list positives of slavery

SAN ANTONIO -- A San Antonio charter school has apologized after a teacher asked students in an eighth grade American history class to list the positive and negative aspects of slavery. The teacher at Great Hearts Monte Vista who distributed a worksheet titled "The Life of Slaves: A Balanced View" has been placed on leave.

Aaron Kindel, the superintendent of Great Hearts Texas, said in a statement the school would audit the textbook associated with the lesson.

"To be clear, there is no debate about slavery. It is immoral and a crime against humanity," Kindel said in a statement posted Thursday on the Great Hearts Facebook page. He said the school's headmaster plans to explain the mistake to the history class.

Scott Overland, a spokesman for Pearson, which published the textbook, said the company didn't create and doesn't endorse the worksheet assigned to the students, CBS affiliate KENS-TV reports.

"We do not support the point of view represented in the worksheet and strongly condemn the implication that there was any positive aspect to slavery," Overland said.

A parent of one of the students in the class posted the worksheet Wednesday on Facebook. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, drew attention to the issue on Thursday when the Democrat tweeted that the worksheet was "absolutely unacceptable."

Let's see...

1. Free labor.

2. The cotton industry was booming.

3. As the great Cliven Bundy once said, it "gave them something to do".

4. 12 Years A Slave, which was a great movie, never would have been made.

Can you think of any more?

Lets see:

You got Free Medical

You got free Housing

You got free Food

You got free Clothes

You on the job training in all sort of jobs.

On some Plantations the Master would reward you with money for a job well done. You could buy your freedom.

Sort of like welfare.

 

[Aba Incieni]

According to the 1860 US Census, presumably the height of the slave era, 1.8% of Americans owned slaves.

That's right, less than 2% of Americans owned slaves.

But most all of them sent their own children to work 16 hours a day in the mills and factories for 2 cents a day.

Slavery was bad and America fought a war to end it. But life was no cakewalk for most everyone in those days.

I suspect it was worse for a slave. Bought, sold, owned, families split, legally raped. Life sucked, but it sucked especially bad for slaves. People shouldn't white wash it.

Do you think all blacks should be held responsible for what 2% of their population does?

What does that have to do with anything? Hint: I hold no one responsible for the actions of over a century ago. The only one's responsible for an action are those committing the action.

Sounds like a No.

They are all long gone. Let it go, and if you must decry something, try to make it about something relevant.

 

[aaronleland]

 

[Coyote]

According to the 1860 US Census, presumably the height of the slave era, 1.8% of Americans owned slaves.

That's right, less than 2% of Americans owned slaves.

But most all of them sent their own children to work 16 hours a day in the mills and factories for 2 cents a day.

Slavery was bad and America fought a war to end it. But life was no cakewalk for most everyone in those days.

I suspect it was worse for a slave. Bought, sold, owned, families split, legally raped. Life sucked, but it sucked especially bad for slaves. People shouldn't white wash it.

Do you think all blacks should be held responsible for what 2% of their population does?

What does that have to do with anything? Hint: I hold no one responsible for the actions of over a century ago. The only one's responsible for an action are those committing the action.

Sounds like a No.

They are all long gone. Let it go, and if you must decry something, try to make it about something relevant.

Again...what's your point?

I'm saying don't white wash history and pretend there were good points for slavery. There were none for the slaves and we should not teach that there were. That's relevent and today.

 

[Aba Incieni]

According to the 1860 US Census, presumably the height of the slave era, 1.8% of Americans owned slaves.

That's right, less than 2% of Americans owned slaves.

But most all of them sent their own children to work 16 hours a day in the mills and factories for 2 cents a day.

Slavery was bad and America fought a war to end it. But life was no cakewalk for most everyone in those days.

I suspect it was worse for a slave. Bought, sold, owned, families split, legally raped. Life sucked, but it sucked especially bad for slaves. People shouldn't white wash it.

Do you think all blacks should be held responsible for what 2% of their population does?

What does that have to do with anything? Hint: I hold no one responsible for the actions of over a century ago. The only one's responsible for an action are those committing the action.

Sounds like a No.

They are all long gone. Let it go, and if you must decry something, try to make it about something relevant.

Again...what's your point?

I'm saying don't white wash history and pretend there were good points for slavery. There were none for the slaves and we should not teach that there were. That's relevent and today.

You don't see my obvious point? An entire race is being held accountable for the actions of less than 2%. That's my point.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

USMB Embraces free speech . .

Must be a new policy.

 

[Coyote]

I suspect it was worse for a slave. Bought, sold, owned, families split, legally raped. Life sucked, but it sucked especially bad for slaves. People shouldn't white wash it.

Do you think all blacks should be held responsible for what 2% of their population does?

What does that have to do with anything? Hint: I hold no one responsible for the actions of over a century ago. The only one's responsible for an action are those committing the action.

Sounds like a No.

They are all long gone. Let it go, and if you must decry something, try to make it about something relevant.

Again...what's your point?

I'm saying don't white wash history and pretend there were good points for slavery. There were none for the slaves and we should not teach that there were. That's relevent and today.

You don't see my obvious point? An entire race is being held accountable for the actions of less than 2%. That's my point.

I get that. In fact it happens often - whether it's blacks, whites, muslims etc - race/religion/ethnicity - and I agree they shouldn't be.

But what does that have to do with how we teach slavery in history by claiming there were pros?

 

[Aba Incieni]

Do you think all blacks should be held responsible for what 2% of their population does?

What does that have to do with anything? Hint: I hold no one responsible for the actions of over a century ago. The only one's responsible for an action are those committing the action.

Sounds like a No.

They are all long gone. Let it go, and if you must decry something, try to make it about something relevant.

Again...what's your point?

I'm saying don't white wash history and pretend there were good points for slavery. There were none for the slaves and we should not teach that there were. That's relevent and today.

You don't see my obvious point? An entire race is being held accountable for the actions of less than 2%. That's my point.

I get that. In fact it happens often - whether it's blacks, whites, muslims etc - race/religion/ethnicity - and I agree they shouldn't be.

But what does that have to do with how we teach slavery in history by claiming there were pros?

Their offspring were raised free men and women. That's more than can be said for many Africans today.

Does the white race get credit for freeing them?

 

[LoneLaugher]

The slaves were fed, clothed, sheltered. They paid for nothing. The natural state of the liberal is slavery. They only want a kind and generous master.

Yeah. They paid NOTHING!!

 

[paperview]

Whites were not evil for having black slaves, just unenlightened.

Wholeheartedly disagree with this statement, evil doesn't come close to accurately depicting the mindset of someone who could do the things to another human being that was done to the slaves.

It was certainly shortsighted. Should have left the negores to starve in Africa. We'd have a better country today.

99% of the slaves in the US were born and bred HERE, you racist slimebucket.

Say what?


Do you have a link for that nonsense .

Yes.

It's not nonsense, dumbass.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

According to the 1860 US Census, presumably the height of the slave era, 1.8% of Americans owned slaves.

That's right, less than 2% of Americans owned slaves.

But most all of them sent their own children to work 16 hours a day in the mills and factories for 2 cents a day.

Slavery was bad and America fought a war to end it. But life was no cakewalk for most everyone in those days.

I suspect it was worse for a slave. Bought, sold, owned, families split, legally raped. Life sucked, but it sucked especially bad for slaves. People shouldn't white wash it.

I see what you did there!

 

[paperview]

I suspect it was worse for a slave. Bought, sold, owned, families split, legally raped. Life sucked, but it sucked especially bad for slaves. People shouldn't white wash it.

Do you think all blacks should be held responsible for what 2% of their population does?

What does that have to do with anything? Hint: I hold no one responsible for the actions of over a century ago. The only one's responsible for an action are those committing the action.

Sounds like a No.

They are all long gone. Let it go, and if you must decry something, try to make it about something relevant.

Again...what's your point?

I'm saying don't white wash history and pretend there were good points for slavery. There were none for the slaves and we should not teach that there were. That's relevent and today.

You don't see my obvious point? An entire race is being held accountable for the actions of less than 2%. That's my point.

Another Lost Causer. ^

It's not a "point" when you skew the numbers to include the enormous population numbers of the North, which inluded a minuscule number of slaves.

Nearly 30% of Southern families owned slaves.

There were only 1 million free southern families in the South in 1860.

Nearly four million slaves.

 

[paperview]

Using Aba & his fellow Lost Causers logic, get 15 paupers in a room with Bill Gates, and their average worth is well over a million dollars.