North Carolina Teacher Resigns After Telling Black Students They Would Be Her 'Field Slaves' If Not For the Constitution

[trixare4kids]

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In today’s dose of “All-caps YIKES,” a North Carolina eighth grade teacher has resigned after a “racially insensitive” lesson sparked outrage from parents.

CNN reports that this happened on Constitution Day, Sept. 17, at Winterville Charter Academy. Parents claim that during an English lesson, the teacher asked the Black students in her class to stand up and said that if it weren’t for the U.S. Constitution, they would be her “field slaves.”


Days later, per CNN, the school’s principal sent eighth-grade parents a memo saying that the school accepted the unidentified teacher’s resignation. The memo added that culturally sensitive training would be provided for the former teacher in addition to proactive training for current and future staff members.

Understandably, parents weren’t too happy to learn about how the teacher singled out Black students to make a point that ... didn’t really have anything to do with Constitution Day? The federal observance recognizes the Sept. 17, 1787 adoption of the Constitution as it was originally written. Slavery was not abolished until the 13th Amendment was adopted several years later in 1865.

 

[aociswundumho]

I'd be happy to start the discussion with the only thing that needs to be said:

Get your kids out of government-run schools asap.

 

[Hari Seldon]

I'd be happy to start the discussion with the only thing that needs to be said:

Get your kids out of government-run schools asap.

It was a charter school that advertises as private but publicly funded. Interesting. The teacher was a moron for not knowing the Constitution as originally written didn't prevent slavery which is what they were celebrating and 2 for singling out the black students and 3 for saying an absolutely disgraceful comment that they would be her field slaves. Maybe they need to pay better for better teachers. Capitalism and all.

 

[trixare4kids]

It was a charter school that advertises as private but publicly funded. Interesting. The teacher was a moron for not knowing the Constitution as originally written didn't prevent slavery which is what they were celebrating and 2 for singling out the black students and 3 for saying an absolutely disgraceful comment that they would be her field slaves. Maybe they need to pay better for better teachers. Capitalism and all.

Not sure what bashing capitalism has to do with your point, but okay. I would have probably stopped at hiring better teachers. Not sure better pay has a thing to do with the former though.

 

[CaughtInThe]

The teacher thought the Constitution abolished slavery????

 

[Cardinal]

If not for the Constitution, women wouldn’t be allowed to vote.

 

[less right]

The teacher thought the Constitution abolished slavery????

Didn't it? I don't mean the original but later on, after it was amended, it was (and still is) the constitution.

 

[Hari Seldon]

Not sure what bashing capitalism has to do with your point, but okay. I would have probably stopped at hiring better teachers. Not sure better pay has a thing to do with the former though.

How am I bashing Capitalism? The person I responded to thinks Capitalism solves everything and complains about public education. I simply pointed out that it was a charter school and the teacher was atrocious. Paying more for better teachers seems appropriate. There is no correlation between pay and attracting superior talent?

 

[MaryP]

I'd be happy to start the discussion with the only thing that needs to be said:

Get your kids out of government-run schools asap.

Winterville Charter Academy doesn't sound very government run to me.
Do you think they should have kept her? If not, what's your beef?

 

[trixare4kids]

How am I bashing Capitalism? The person I responded to thinks Capitalism solves everything and complains about public education. I simply pointed out that it was a charter school and the teacher was atrocious. Paying more for better teachers seems appropriate. There is no correlation between pay and attracting superior talent?

You invoked Capitalism for what reason?
I highly doubt paying MORE for teachers is going to solve the immediate problem at hand.

 

[Cardinal]

Didn't it? I don't mean the original but later on, after it was amended, it was (and still is) the constitution.

You know, I did consider that interpretation, which certainly would have made the statement accurate. The context did seem to imply the constitution in its initial state, though.

 

[Cardinal]

You invoked Capitalism for what reason?
I highly doubt paying MORE for teachers is going to solve the immediate problem at hand.

You get what you pay for.

 

[Hari Seldon]

You invoked Capitalism for what reason?
I highly doubt paying MORE for teachers is going to solve the immediate problem at hand.

Did you not read what I wrote? The poster who has a fixation with AOC said get your kids out of government run schools. He is a proponent of Capitalism which he has stated numerous times. I am merely pointing out the teacher was quite poor and perhaps paying more would result in better applicants. Why is this so difficult for you to understand?

 

[less right]

You know, I did consider that interpretation, which certainly would have made the statement accurate. The context did seem to imply the constitution in its initial state, though.

I did learn that "Constitution Day" is a commemoration of the Constitution as originally signed -- but that hardly makes it a necessity that every discussion on constitution day has to be about the document as originally signed.

That said, I'm sure the teacher could have found a more tactful way to make the point.

 

[trixare4kids]

Did you not read what I wrote? The poster who has a fixation with AOC said get your kids out of government run schools. He is a proponent of Capitalism which he has stated numerous times. I am merely pointing out the teacher was quite poor and perhaps paying more would result in better applicants. Why is this so difficult for you to understand?

Perhaps.

 

[trixare4kids]

I did learn that "Constitution Day" is a commemoration of the Constitution as originally signed -- but that hardly makes it a necessity that every discussion on constitution day has to be about the document as originally signed.

That said, I'm sure the teacher could have found a more tactful way to make the point.

I think so too.

Not sure why she decided to resign. Were the perpetually offended going to fire her and she took the least damaging way out to benefit her career?

 

[CaughtInThe]

Didn't it? I don't mean the original but later on, after it was amended, it was (and still is) the constitution.

well, isn't that like saying the Constitution gave women the right to vote?

when?

 

[trixare4kids]

You get what you pay for.

I don't agree with that bs

 

[less right]

I think so too.

Not sure why she decided to resign. Were the perpetually offended going to fire her and she took the least damaging way out to benefit her career?

I too figured there must be more to the story for her to resign. Hard to get too worked up with part of the story missing.

 

[less right]

well, isn't that like saying the Constitution gave women the right to vote?

when?

It's exactly like saying the constitution gave women the right to vote. Which is also in the constitution, just not as originally written.

While Constitution Day is to commemorate the signing of the original document I can't imagine that Constitutional discussions must be limited to the Constitution as signed.

Her 'stand up and deliver' example would have been in poor taste even if it wasn't Constitution Day.

 

[Puigb]

I'd be happy to start the discussion with the only thing that needs to be said:

Get your kids out of government-run schools asap.

Everyone should enroll into Trump university. I mean if a double digit IQ Reality T.V. Star can become president, that gives everyone a chance.

 

[CaughtInThe]

It's exactly like saying the constitution gave women the right to vote. Which is also in the constitution, just not as originally written.

While Constitution Day is to commemorate the signing of the original document I can't imagine that Constitutional discussions must be limited to the Constitution as signed.

Her 'stand up and deliver' example would have been in poor taste even if it wasn't Constitution Day.

so the constitution gave women the right to vote.

but just not for the first 48,269 days.

 

[less right]

so the constitution gave women the right to vote.

but just not for the first 48,269 days.

That's right. If not the constitution, where did women get the right to vote nationwide?

 

[Slavister]

I am hoping the point the teacher was trying to make was along the lines of - "look how terrible it would be if these students were slaves just because of their skin color".

Interestingly, the article itself made a weird mistake:

"The federal observance recognizes the Sept. 17, 1787 adoption of the Constitution as it was originally written. Slavery was not abolished until the 13th Amendment was adopted several years later in 1865."

Do they know what "several" means? LOL

 

[diz]

Slavery was effectively abolished when the Civil War ended. Attributing it to the Constitution is questionable at best.

Telling kids they would be her slaves is an even bigger issue to me though. It’s a bit creepy.