Assignment at Mississippi middle school asks students to âpretend like you are a slaveâ
By Stephanie Weaver
FULL INTERVIEW: Parent speaks out after assignment at Mississippi middle school
La Cree Jackson, a parent of a seventh-grader at the school, told FOX Television Stations that the assignment was really distasteful.
LOS ANGELES - A photo of a Mississippi middle school teacher’s writing assignment on slavery has gone viral and is drawing heavy criticism online, with many saying it trivializes and ignores the facts of slavery.
The assignment was given Wednesday to eighth-graders at Purvis Middle School, where students were asked to "pretend like you are a slave working on a Mississippi plantation" and "write a letter to your family back in Africa or in another American state describing your life."