Michigan teacher suspended after using blackface video during history lesson

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A Michigan middle school teacher was suspended two weeks before his intended retirement after showing his class a video of white people in blackface during a lesson on Jim Crow racial segregation laws.

 

According to the Monroe News, Monroe Middle School teacher Alan Barron, who has been an educator for 36 years, was put on administrative leave last month after an assistant principal sat in on a history class where Barron discussed segregation laws.

 

The instruction reportedly included a video about how white people used blackface to intimidate African-Americans during entertainment in the 1800s.

 

Parents whose children are in Barrons eighth-grade class told the paper that the administrator thought the lesson plan was offensive and racist.

 

One parent, Adrienne Aaron, whose husband is African-American, said Barron was simply showing her child and others in class what actually happened in history. Aaron said her daughter was not offended.

 

She was more offended that they stopped the video, Aaron said, according to the Monroe News. It had nothing to do with racism. History is history. We need to educate our kids to see how far weve come in America. How is that racism?

 

The school district, for its part, would not confirm that Barron is suspended, and would only state that he is on leave.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/06/01/michigan-teacher-suspended-after-showing-students-blackface-video-during/?intcmp=latestnews

[The Moz 69]

This is a World where a Old man with Alzheimers can be voted the most hated man in America for making some poor choice comments about teh blacks. It is apparent that any hint of racism towards blacks is the worst and most heinous crime anyone can commit in the history of ever

[Voltaire 4,556]

This is a World where a Old man with Alzheimers can be voted the most hated man in America for making some poor choice comments about teh blacks. It is apparent that any hint of racism towards blacks is the worst and most heinous crime anyone can commit in the history of ever

If I'd have known about the vote, I'd have finally voted for W.