Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Friday, May 2, 2014
MLK Jr...
I have a poster of MLK jr in my office... whilst having lunch with one of my third graders this convo transpired:
Student: Martin Luther King gave the slaves the freedom to do what they wanted.
Me: .... Pardon?
S: Well, he didn't free them, Abraham Lincoln did that... but Martin Luther King let the slaves do new stuff like have lunch and go where ever they wanted.
Me: Um, kinda... but the people he worked with weren't slaves... they were and are citizens of the USA. They are just people... African American people. Not "slaves."
S: Yeah. Ok.
Wow. I think Howard Zinn is spinning in his grave... and MLK Jr is weeping. Abe... well, dunno about him.
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