Williamson County Schools apologizes after assignment asked students to pretend families own slaves

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WTF??? Williamson County is one of the more affluent counties in America and has some of the 'best' schools in Tennessee....

Williamson County Schools is apologizing for a homework assignment that asked students to pretend their families own slaves.

The hand-written assignment, which touched on issues of slavery, immigration and child labor, was given out Wednesday in an eighth grade social studies class at Sunset Middle.

One box on the homework sheet reads, "Your family owns slaves. Create a list of expectations for your family's slaves."

Dan Fountain, whose 13-year-old sister was assigned the homework, said the teacher did not explain the assignment or note that it contained sensitive topics of race and immigration.

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/schools/2019/02/28/williamson-county-tennessee-school-district-apologizes-slavery-homework-assignment/3014866002/

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1. Tic Tac D'oh

I see a lot of slavey questions on there.


This "teacher" should not be teaching children.