Posted on Mar 17, 2022
North Carolina superintendent apologizes after mock slave auction
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A North Carolina schools superintendent has apologized for a mock “slave auction” in which white middle-schoolers pretended to sell their Black classmates.
“Actions such as these, they just do not reflect who we are as a school system,” Chatham County Schools Superintendent Anthony Jackson said after parents raised an outcry. “And I say, unapologetically, will not be tolerated in the school system.”
The school board adopted some policy changes and will also review the student code of conduct and discipline policies involving acts of racism, Jackson said. Some parents complained that several students involved were given just a one-day suspension.
A coalition of local groups called on the board Monday to address the situation at the J.S. Waters School in Goldston and require the instigators to apologize, news outlets reported.
“Actions such as these, they just do not reflect who we are as a school system,” Chatham County Schools Superintendent Anthony Jackson said after parents raised an outcry. “And I say, unapologetically, will not be tolerated in the school system.”
The school board adopted some policy changes and will also review the student code of conduct and discipline policies involving acts of racism, Jackson said. Some parents complained that several students involved were given just a one-day suspension.
A coalition of local groups called on the board Monday to address the situation at the J.S. Waters School in Goldston and require the instigators to apologize, news outlets reported.
North Carolina superintendent apologizes after mock slave auction
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Yeah, North Carolina. That's not remotely shocking.
I remember when I moved to North Carolina in high school, kids started calling me racial slurs generally used for Mexicans because I didn't have a southern accent, and thus, must be an "illegal" (she actually used a much worse phrase).
I remember when I moved to North Carolina in high school, kids started calling me racial slurs generally used for Mexicans because I didn't have a southern accent, and thus, must be an "illegal" (she actually used a much worse phrase).
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SFC Michael Hasbun
Agreed, an education in a southern state definitely doesn't guarantee a quality result.
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