A DC school is apologizing after fifth graders of color were asked to portray enslaved people

An elementary school in Washington, D.C. is apologizing after a lesson in which fifth grade students of color were asked to portray enslaved people

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In a letter sent to families of students at Lafayette Elementary School, Principal Carrie Broquard called the assignment a mistake, saying that students"should not have been tasked with acting out or portraying different perspectives of enslavement and war." "At Lafayette, we believe in the importance of teaching painful history with sensitivity and social awareness," Broquard wrote in the letter, dated December 23.

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