Judge: Black History Month assignment doesn’t violate rights

Posted on AllSides July 13th, 2022
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A federal judge is siding with the Sun Prairie School District in a lawsuit filed by two Black parents who objected to their children’s middle school assignment that asked students how they would punish a slave in ancient Mesopotamia.

Dazrrea Ervins and Priscilla Jones claimed the Black History Month assignment in February 2021 violated their civil rights as well as those of their children, Zavion Ervins and George Brockman.

The question was not part of the school district’s curriculum on ancient Mesopotamia. Three teachers came up with the assignment on...

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https://apnews.com/article/crime-wisconsin-lawsuits-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-4b90a22b7bc80e9c8eb8dd0b2381608b

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