Teacher apologizes for Missouri high school students 'lighthearted' video on slavery

[TexasTowelie]

A video made by a group of white social studies students about slavery is drawing criticism for its attempts to make the topic lighthearted.

The students in Mid-Buchanan R-V School District teacher Colby Gibson’s social studies class created a video illustrating the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which was a measure to provide the return of escaped slaves who had fled to the north.

The video depicted the plight of the runaway slaves with musical snippets from the "Mission Impossible" television theme music, "Song of the South" and parts of a tune about picking cotton. It also included a scene that showed one student whipping a runaway "slave."

The school is in Faucett, Mo., in northwest Missouri. Mid-Buchanan has a dozen African-American students in seventh through 12th grades.

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[Nay]

1. I have to be suspicious of the mentality of ANYONE who could possibly think

any discussion of slavery could be approached in a 'light-hearted' way. Slavery is not a light-hearted subject, except possibly to those morons who think "the slaves had it good back then."