Teacher suspended for 'blackface' lesson in class

[I'm Billy FUCO!!]

Mich. Teacher Suspended After Segregation Lesson - ABC News

A southeast Michigan public school teacher has been removed from the classroom while district officials look into whether a lesson plan on African-American history and racial segregation laws was inappropriate.

Alan Barron was placed on paid leave nearly two weeks ago after an eighth-grade history class at Monroe Middle School was shown a video of how white entertainers once used black face paint to imitate blacks, according to The Monroe News ( Monroe teacher suspended over black history lesson | MonroeNews.com ).

An assistant principal sat in on the history class as Barron, 59, discussed Jim Crow laws and showed the video.

"Mr. Barron has been on leave ... while we look into a reported situation in his classroom," the district said this week in a statement. "Because this is a personnel matter that is going through the teacher-contract required steps, we cannot comment any further."

Barron also is supervisor of Monroe Township, about 35 miles southwest of Detroit. The Associated Press left a message seeking comment Saturday at a phone number listed for Barron, who is expected to retire this year after 36 years in the district.

As part of his suspension, Barron can't attend an annual banquet for retiring teachers or other district functions.

Adrienne Aaron, whose daughter is in Barron's class, said he simply was teaching history and that racial segregation is a subject that should be discussed with students.

"It had nothing to do with racism. History is history," Aaron told the newspaper. "We need to educate our kids to see how far we've come in America. How is that racism?

"It's so sad this has happened to him. He's one of the best teachers we've had."

 

[The Nigerian]

I feel like we're not getting the full story on this one.

 

[End Cruelty]

It sounds like one white person wants to sweep history under the rug while another is teaching a damn history class. This shyt is real. When I was in school, my teacher put a photograph of a very graphic lynching on everybody's desk before we came in. My class was mostly white. It's an essential part of history that need not be forgotten.

edit: then again...it depends on what the motherfukker said.

 

[Tommy Knocks]

soooooo how exactly are they supposed to know what black face means if you don't teach it?

 

[Christie]

Um.....something is missing from the story.

 

[I'm Billy FUCO!!]

I feel like we're not getting the full story on this one.

it depends on what the motherfukker said.

Um.....something is missing from the story.

Y'all want this dude to be exposed as a racist so bad

The coli is funny

I kinda hope so, too.......because if he is, then that's a plat thread for me

But if he's just a white teacher who's doing the right, sincere thing by showing his students the ugly reality of white America back in the day......then nikkas gonna pass over this thread like

 

[3rdWorld]

Huh?

 

[Beegio]

Y'all want this dude to be exposed as a racist so bad

The coli is funny

I kinda hope so, too.......because if he is, then that's a plat thread for me

But if he's just a white teacher who's doing the right, sincere thing by showing his students the ugly reality of white America back in the day......then nikkas gonna pass over this thread like

Check the subtlety of this cacs agenda. He's telling you his reasons for this thread, peep game.

 

[End Cruelty]

Y'all want this dude to be exposed as a racist so bad

The coli is funny

I kinda hope so, too.......because if he is, then that's a plat thread for me

But if he's just a white teacher who's doing the right, sincere thing by showing his students the ugly reality of white America back in the day......then nikkas gonna pass over this thread like

I don't want him to be a racist. I don't want anybody to be that way. I'm just saying that maybe he said some slick stuff that went over some 8th grader's heads. I wasn't there so all i can do is speculate until the facts come out.

 

[Towlie]

Should've just played it safe and threw on bamboozled

 

[Ronald McDonald]

Y'all want this dude to be exposed as a racist so bad

The coli is funny

not really. It just seems that suspending a teacher for showing a black face video in history class is rather suspect

 

[DrX]

did he wear it or what?


school is bs anyway.......sadly i didnt even learn real history until the net was invented...i was brainwashed into think we were slaves and savages


we were the first civilization with kings and queens

 

[Handsback]

Comment sections already blaming black people.

"I bet the vice principle was an Obama voter on the hunt for white racists. SHE'S THE REAL RACIST!"

Depending on how this dude presented the subject, he should be applauded for teaching it in an appropriate manner. That stuff is easy to skip over. I hope learn exactly what was in the video/his presentation.

 

[5010]

Comment sections already blaming black people.

"I bet the vice principle was an Obama voter on the hunt for white racists. SHE'S THE REAL RACIST!"

Depending on how this dude presented the subject, he should be applauded for teaching it in an appropriate manner. That stuff is easy to skip over. I hope learn exactly what was in the video/his presentation.

I swear these people are imbeciles.

How would the assistant "principle" be the "Obama voter" in this case? She suspended a teacher for exposing 8th graders to blackface. Guy is so blinded by his own stupidity that he's backing the teacher he's supposed to hate.