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A fifth-grade teacher in Massachusetts has been placed on paid leave after a series of incidents including holding a mock slave auction, using a racial slur, and calling out the student who reported the slur, a school official said.

Officials did not name the teacher at the Margaret A. Neary Elementary School in Southborough, a town about 30 miles (48 kilometers) west of Boston. 

District Superintendent Gregory Martineau told parents in a statement this week that he first learned about the incidents from parents in April. 

He said the first incident — a mock slave auction — took place in January during a history lesson on the economy of the Southern colonies.

The educator asked two children sitting in front of the room, who were of color, to stand, and the educator and class discussed physical attributes (i.e., teeth and strength),” Martineau wrote.

In the second incident, in April, the teacher was reading aloud from a book and used a slur, which the district later discovered does not appear in the book, officials said. Martineau told parents in his statement that dehumanizing words such as slurs should not be spoken by employees or students.

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[-] pyre@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

with lashings for historical accuracy

this post was submitted on 03 Jun 2024
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