An entire group of teachers at a middle school has been placed on administrative leave after they gave students a history assignment that included a question parents found “totally inappropriate.”
In the era of “woke” progressivism and social justice, the Sun Prairie Area School District in Wisconsin become another target of offense after a historically accurate question sparked outrage. In fact, the singular question caused such controversy that multiple teachers were immediately placed on administrative leave.
According to Newsweek, the school district announced that they have suspended a “small group” of teachers following a controversial question on a social studies homework assignment. In a lengthy email, the district offered an apology to parents, students, and the community for the “grave error” its educators committed in posing the scenario to pupils.
The assignment asked students how they would punish a disobedient slave in ancient Mesopotamia. (Photo Credit: Facebook)
The assignment focused on the subject of ancient Mesopotamian culture and Hammurabi’s Code, which is a 3700-year-old legal system that issued outdated and barbaric punishments for crimes. The question that evoked such outrage posed a realistic ancient scenario in which sixth-graders were asked how they would punish a disobedient slave in accordance with Hammurabi’s Code, which would include the death penalty.
“A slave stands before you,” the question reads. “This slave has disrespected his master by telling him ‘You are not my master!’ How will you punish this slave?”
A screenshot of the question circulated on social media, prompting users to attribute racist intent to the teachers who assigned the lesson. Bizarrely, the question concerning slavery in ancient Mesopotamia and the now mostly defunct laws that enabled it was immediately twisted into a reference to the historical enslavement of blacks in the U.S.
“These crazy white folks done lost they mind. Definitely not ok. Unacceptable,” one person replied.
“Wisconsin is the #1 worst place to raise an African American child and this shows,” another commented.
“District outta be ashamed of themselves this is completely unacceptable. They should have APOLOGIZED to your child, you, his entire class and every other black person in the school district. I’m so pissed this happened at the school cuz my son go there too. Wtf else kind of racist s— goin on there that we don’t know about. How disappointing,” another wrote.
