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Teaching Slavery through Simulation | A Bad Idea
A white teacher from Rockland County made a bad decision recently when she decided on her method to teach a class of black middle schoolers about slavery.
Eileen Bernstein, a social studies teacher at Haverstraw Middle School, chose two victims girls to demonstrate conditions on ships that carried slaves out of Africa. Gabrielle Shand, a descendant of Jamaican slaves, had not volunteered to be a part of this experiment lesson, yet she was chosen above other students who had actually volunteered. The simulation process resulted in two things: the two students crawling under their desks with their hands and feet taped together, and later, a terrified and bawling Gabrielle when she returned home.
Her mother, Christine, was none too pleased:
"[Gabrielle] was horrified...There are other ways to demonstrate slavery. There are movies, you don't actually have to grab two kids and like put shackles on them"
In a meeting, Eileen Bernstein argued she was trying to inspire her students (after watching Dead Poet's Society for the 18th time) and kind-of apologized for any trauma she may have induced on the child, but refused to apologize for her method of teaching. This didn't satisfy the infuriated mother, and she is currently mulling over whether or not she should file a lawsuit.
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