A high school history teacher in Georgia, Catherine Ariemma, used absolutely horrible judgment by having her students dress up as the Ku Klux Klan in order to teach her students about racism!
This was done without notice to administrators, parents, or other students, and the “Klan” students walked into the cafeteria as African American students were eating lunch, and this display obviously shocked them!
This teacher had to be totally stupid to believe that this is the only way to teach a concept such as racism! 🙁 What about showing a film about racism? What about reading documents about racism?
For a teacher to do this without authorization, and displaying such poor judgment, she should, at the least, be suspended and fined, but realistically, one has to wonder about her ability to teach! It is arguable that she should be fired, and told to find another profession! 🙁 This is totally inexcusable behavior that can have a deleterious effect, not only on the African American students who were the victims, but also the white students who were involved in the display of Ku Klux Klan clothing and behaviors! 🙁
If this was a news story, it was about how the media grossly blew an insignificant event out of proportion with the help of hyper-sensitive parents and students. The teacher and her students acted appropriately. It’s a history class project. Jeez.