“The slide has been removed and the teacher has apologised for not thinking it through.'
“We take note of the insensitive nature of the activity at the end of the Gr 7 presentation on the Transatlantic Slave Trade,” the school said in a statement issued by secondary faculty principal Sylvia Steyn.“The activity was intended to establish awareness of the slave trade and the manner in which the slaves were treated, as well as to teach the learners about using resources. However, we acknowledge that the activity should have been worded differently.
Warren Bradley Wildey asked how one would correctly word making the pain and suffering of black people into a fun activity?
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