Alright, so one time in US History class, my teacher wanted to give us a feeling for racism in schools before we actually learned about the unit itself. So what he had done was put a neat 4×4 row of desks in the front, and every other desk in the classroom was just thrown in every direction in the back of the class. My teacher then proceeded to tell us who sat in the front, and who sat in the back, and I was one of the lucky people to sit in the front. The people in the front were then given freshly sharpened, brand new pencils placed perfectly vertical on our desks, and a crisp sheet of paper with an easy 10 question quiz on it. The people in the back were handed old, broken pencils, and the quiz sheets they received were torn, stained, etc, and my teacher threw the stuff at the kids in the back telling them to pick it up if it did not land on their desk. Keep in mind, this was a 10th grade class, and we knew this was about racism in schools so we all tested our boundaries. When everything was handed out, he told the front of the class in a friendly tone the instuctions, and yelled the instructions to the back of the class. This teacher is known for acting historical scenes out so it made just about everyone jump, and he then apologized to the front of the class telling us he has to keep the animals in line in that friendly tone. During the quiz, a girl named Erica was cheating off of me, and even flat out took my paper and copied. The teacher saw that, and ignored it. A kid in the back lifted his head, and was yelled at, and threatened a failure for cheating. My teacher even gave answers to the front of the class while the back was called ignorant in tones that sounded like the harsh side of passive aggressive. When the quiz was done, my teacher asked for answers. Virtually everyone raised their hands, but called on the back for 2 of the 10 questions. One was right, and he was saying even a monkey knew that, and one was wrong, and the kid was yelled at for his ignorance. In the front, I was the only one to answer incorrectly, and the question was “Who gave the "I Have A Dream” speach?“ I answered with George Washington, and my teacher said u was very close, and I was such a great student for trying. My teacher then went on to announce how only the prople in the front would get their quizzes graded while those in the back all failed. Finally, when that was all over, my teacher said (roughly), "Do you see how you all felt during this 20 minute quiz? Imagine it being for this while school day, or for everyday you are alive. How would it feel then once you realize it is not a temporary joke? Maybe you were being bashed on by me, I did not mean anything negative by the way, or you were feeling bad for those who I insulted. You also may have noticed the small details like how I sharpened the pencils for the people in the front, and let them cheat even, while people in the back couldn’t sharpen their own pencils, or even lift their heads. This is what it was like. This was to show you how racism was, and you can guess which group was the whites. If you can make that guess, then you also have a pretty good idea of the treatment the poor souls received for being differently colored humans. This was truly an injustice at one point in time, and I am glad to see it not be an issue today in our school, or even in our town.”
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