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A Mississippi school district is facing criticism after a class assignment asked middle schoolers to put themselves in the shoes of an enslaved person, and write letters to friends and family.
The assignment given to eighth-graders at Purvis Middle School told students to pretend like you are a slave working on a Mississippi plantation, according to a screenshot of the assignment that Black Lives Matter Mississippi posted to Twitter. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
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The students were then instructed to write a letter to your family back in Africa or in another American state describing their lives, their journey to America and their daily tasks.
Mississippi school asks students to write slave letter
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Pretend like you are a slave : Mississippi teacher s assignment sparks outrage
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