West Charlotte High School has taken down a classroom door display that recreated a segregation-era Sears department store entrance.The doors were labeled as “Colored entrance” and “White entrance” and were a part of a lesson for Black History Month.
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I don’t get how white kids are going to learn about segregation if they’re just going to use segregation as intended. It’s not like racism is something black kids need to “learn” about anyway.
I don’t think that this is appropriate at all. You can convey the same message without using these extreme examples. Ten points for creativity though.
where is the door for mixed race people?
I think it’s great to remind us of our history. It’s not inappropriate .
Context matters.
“Women and minorities encouraged to apply.” Sure does.
Change color roles would this be exceptable?
There are none so blind, as they who cannot see!!! Words fail!!!
“Women and minorities encouraged to apply.” See this?
Which door would Michael Jackson use if he was alive? None he went to Brigham Young.
Question.
Why is it that a place like Germany, with it (bad) history , or even Japan for that matter, (I mean the US dropped bombs on them), these countries can grow from a dark pass, why is so call great country keep pretending?
those that dont like it because it reminds them of what they did to them
Can it be argued, “These entrances, no matter how archaic now, at the time EVERYWHERE said NO, these entrances said, a way shall be open before you!” Here and Now replicating this would be redundant since only those without shoes shirts will be refused service as well as smokers corralled into smaller available activity space until their all cof-Hen! #Flashpoint
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History is important in teaching what happens in the old days but statues are being taken down and erased while segregation is still going on in opposites direction by one toward the whites by any race that the people were trying to fix. Those who didn’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
Wasn’t this for history class or
Time to learn bout segregarion, proceeds to implement segregation
Well…the story went viral, so I guess the point was made and the lesson served its purpose.
Kids need to see these things. Recreating it, though? I’m not so sure. There are plenty of pictures of segregation-era signage that we can use in our teachings.
In Houston TX when I was 3 or 4 years old, I was told by an adult “Don’t drink at that fountain, it’s for colored people.” If that was a common experience for a pre-school-age kid then, how is it inappropriate now for pupils to know that it even happened?
I think it was an excellent idea. I think the whole display did what it was supposed to do which was to make people uncomfortable and make people think about it. I think it’s silly that they had to take it down but but hopefully the message got across to the kids.
Kids need to touch grass. Why is everyone so afraid of the truth???
Pfft I’ve known about stuff like this since Kindergarten of course it’s age appropriate
It’s academia people, it perfectly fine for a teacher to teach this way…
What do you guys want? Do you want people to learn about history so we don’t repeat it? Or do you want to act like it never happened? If we are acting like it never happened, why are so many people demanding reparations? You can’t censor history because it was bad, that’s the whole point of teaching about it.
It’s supposed to show the uncomfortable of how poc were treated less than 100 years ago!!! Can’t believe nowadays parents 😪
Just change it to “multicultural entrance” and they would be applauded.
talk about missing the point by a country mile
War on education by decades of defunding, bans on programs/xtra curricular activities & now this to make US a 3rd world!.
What’s controversial about it, it’s part of American History. It happened, trying to act like it didn’t is more offensive.
Age appropriate is code word for students over 18 meaning no minors while whitewashing history for white supremacy yikes!.
🙄 time to move on people
Whether or not the display is appropriate there is no age too young to learn our history.
If it was a middle school or an elementary school, I’d consider it inappropriate, but a high school? That’s a plenty appropriate age if you’re going to have middle schoolers read “Boys Life” like my middle school did.
I think that was a very fruitful display for learning about the era, and the deeper knowledge about how sears was a first in that era
When is the world going to get over it
This is what happens when you are in Harrison in Ar-Kansas.
I remember as a child asking my mother why there was sign over a water fountain that said “Whites Only” it was real life in the south sorry if the truth hurts but kids need to know.
It’s amazing the high schoolers need “age appropriate” learning but as soon as they hit 18 there magically adults that can learn calculus and biochemistry. Learning history is supposed to make you uncomfortable.
When I was in elementary, we had a two day long lesson about racism by randomly giving everyone either a red or yellow piece of yarn to wear around your wrist. On the first day they picked a color at random to discriminate against. Stuff like giving candy to the reds while yellows don’t, passing out work to the reds while making the yellows pass their own work out, ect. The next day they would switch it up so that the reds would be discriminated against
“Women and minorities encouraged to apply.” How has life as an adult worked out for you?
I think it was a good history lesson. The story of segregation will never disappear.
I’m totally against racism in any form. I cannot stand it when anyone draws a line due to race for any reason. However, this was not racism, but history. Now the difference if you ONLY let specific races enter their respective doors without context, then that is racism. However if the teacher said, I tomorrow I would like you to use ONLY the door associated to you and afterwards we will discuss how that made you feel and discuss the ramifications and implications then it would be a history lesson. Context is key.
THEYRE TEACHING ABOUT HISTORY
how is she racist if she’s black?!
The same people supporting this as history are the same people banning books
Its when you start putting up things of the past that are better than they are today that you need to worry. These excercises currently highlight how much better things are now, how far we have come, amd that shoukd be celebrated.
Cant do math, but sure lets perpetuate angry violent teens who already struggle to process feelings.
Let me guess it hurt the feelings of white people? 😂😂😂😂 that’s why it’s news
White washing will always be with us. 😅
I don’t think this was inappropriate at all. Kudos to that teacher for showing the ugly truth.
The display just didn’t seem appropriate to me. We need to learn about the history of segregation in schools, but to put up “colored” and “whites” only signs and making people experience that trauma in any way is not acceptable.
My grandpa used to be a Sears customer back in the late 60s and 70s, Believe it or not the store was also the sponsor of the childrens show Mr Rogers back in the day and he in turn combated racial tension by including Officer Clemmons on set
Why would they take that down? That right there is 100% what black people want and are doing now so why not keep it up that’s what they want lol
At least going through one door, there’s a least chance of getting robbed
Ah yes because a robber would care about a meaningless “sign”
Man people are soft these days! It’s just a history lesson, a reminder of how things were in the past smdh
I love this
It makes you live Jim Crow laws in a small way
When I was a pre-K teacher I would have these convos with my 4-5 year old students about how it once was. I asked them how would they feel if our class didn’t look the way it did now, I explained they wouldn’t be able to play with all the friends we have and neither I or the other black and brown teachers wouldn’t be able to teach them. They were all able to express themselves and said they would be sad, mad, they would speak up for each other. One little boy who was white looked at another child who was black and said “I am white, he is black and he is MY BEST FRIEND” it was a beautiful moment. So yeah let’s be honest with students. They can handle it and they can be the change. Even a pre-K class got it. Surely high schooler will be fine.
Why do they never teach about the whites who fought and died to help free blacks just say it if you’re going to teach and teach it all the white man is not even there were many whites who went out of the way to help protect and save blacks
My public schools in Virginia absolutely mentioned white abolitionists. Did yours not?
I think you missed the point you have a black teacher trying to show one aspect the negative side of the negative white people and no I did not learn that when I was in high school I had to learn it all my youth after years of being put down because of my skin color and the sad part is I’m not even a 100 percent white but half lights here and half white and half Half Hispanic@@pearspeedruns
Let me get this straight, teaching on segregation by entering a classroom in this manner is wrong yet we can still have segregated dorms, fraternities, graduations and even racially discriminatory practices to enter college? Okay.
Dear lord, I am sure there were good intentions and im glad they aren’t just skimming over it like my school did but they could have found another way to do this
I remember this in South Africa 😢
You mean that place you wouldn’t live in now at any price?
@@user-ko1gz6sk3n exactly. It’s my homeland and extremely beautiful but wouldn’t return
Sammy Davis junior was performing at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas in the 60s. His name and photograph were on the sign out front. When he tried to walk in the front door, security guards stopped him and said, the colored entrance is around the side of the building. Mr. Davis was furious. When he got inside he called Frank Sinatras room, telling frank he wants nothing to do with the hotel. Frank calmed Sammy down and Frank called the owner of the hotel and said, if my friend can’t walk in the front door, none of us will be working here ever. That day the Sands Hotel changed its segregation policy, stating everybody’s money is green. The only color we should be concerned (the Sands Hotel) about is green.
Ruby Bridges is still alive today. It wasn’t that long ago when she was one of the firsts students to enter a school during the desegregation time in New Orleans.
I think this is clever and accurate, but it could be embarrassing for some of the students. That embarrassment could go both ways and is not a bad thing for students to feel different emotions because of this
Title and first 10 seconds scared me, ngl
My dad told me about his childhood and how while vacationing in Florida during the 1950s there were signs that said “No Dogs and Jews allowed” Even my home state of Oregon had similar signs during the 20s and 30s!!
“Women and minorities encouraged to apply.” Welcome to the last 58 years.
Why do schools try to hide history. It happened and if individuals don’t learn from it then it will be repeated. I believe the Teacher was right in how he or she is trying to teach this issue. I like the head on approach. Kids need more of that today.
Everyone is too scared these days, culture warriors on both sides need to calm tf down
That is BOLD.
In Canada the government has to teach what happened to the Native people instead of sweeping it under the rug
What about the cave man?
Why would I send my kids to public schools? It’s all indoctrination.
That’s crazy
At least she isn’t fired. We can only read about stuff like this, if not even that. So, something visual is going to send many schools into panic mode.
On one hand, it’s good folks were so upset, but it hasn’t been THAT long ago this WAS a reality for millions, in most states AND people died resisting these realities, back in the day.
It certainly is a goal for DeSatan and his followers in Florida when they can figure out how to do this, so…people need to be prepared.
History, what’s wrong with learning about history? It’s not like America is the only place with a bad history. Most places have a bad history. If we don’t know what happened in the past, would you prefer to live that again? I don’t want too. Not the History of any country. Which is why history is so important. We learn from the past’s mistakes so we don’t repeat them in the future. Seem to be failing, since half of America wants a civil war. Actually America hasn’t even learned from the present, with wanting a Church Run Country. It Doesn’t Work. If you want to preach or be close to God go to church. If you want to run a country, with multiple generations and languages and nationalities, you best leave your religion outside, if you can’t do that, then being a member of the government is not for you. Love ❤️ from Australia 🇦🇺
It’s a high school. I’m pretty sure they have done and said more offensive things in the hallway.
Get over it.
Should move it somewhere else. I say keep it reminder don’t forget
wow this is just WRONG. stop teaching CRT!!!!!!!
Personally, I believe those segregated entrances should remain so people can experience them and see why Jim Crow should never happen again. Removing those doors removes the “experience” of racial segregation. If they can’t experience it first hand, they may never know how horrible racial segregation was.
So some Black people support it, so it has to come down? Is that the issue? Was it too scary for pale folks?
Most of the biggest moments of history has never been “age-appropriate”. If you wanna paint a clearer picture, don’t downplay it
The teacher did nothing wrong here. She created a visual example of it. It’s part of our history.
Some Republican karen complained America was great back in the day 🥸
Certified American moment. And by that I mean ignorance.
the fact it became such a issue means it did its job
It’s the brown eye,blue eye experiment. It’s sick. The kids will turn out to be psyopaths. Just watch. Anyone that for this needs re-education. It may be to late fir you. Get help.
I notice, they never put up a door for those living off corporate welfare, subsidies and other freebees. Or those rent collector’s on 40 acres,collecting unemployment, with multiple rental homes.
Out of all this stuff going on in the world they worried about some historic decorations on a teacher door thats actually teaching the kids real history. Smh
If that isn’t an age appropriate history lesson/display/topic for HIGH SCHOOLERS then what is?????
This just in: Museum canceled for displaying weapons
People called it disgraceful. YES!!! THAT’S THE POINT!! It was disgraceful and pretending it didn’t happen doesn’t make it better.
Nothing about it is inappropriate for high schoolers. It is perfect for the age group.
People are so sensitive that stupidity is inevitable
All the racists in the comments makes me shake me my head. this was racism plain and simple. If teachers want to show this stuff, take them to museum or show the students the countless history books and novels that have plenty of photos of these old entrances.
white school board telling black workers they cannot show their history because it offends them. they are the hypocritical racists. This display was for bmh and also helped to teach history, it was not racist.
calm down, they/them😂😂
@@chchckckckcksowooss-yp9in 😂
I thought those Caucasian and african american doors were long gone.
its a display for BHM
So a bunch of white bosses telling black educators they cant share their story/history
because, somehow, it offends THEM. how pathetic!
the left wants segregation, show them what it really is and let them have it
Do you know what these teens are watching on their phones. This is very age-appropriate probably the most age appropriate thing they have seen since they were 3 years.
But, but I thought Southerners loved to show their history?
Earthlings thinking that the world has changed today are dellusional. The most brilliant minds were alive in those times, they knew better, and yet, they were still racist as ever. People rich in melanin need their own things, because being around people who hate the fiber of your being only agitates the situation… but freed slaves never got the helping hand that those who lack melanin received, like being given farm land and first hand training on how to expand and mechanise farming, and the funding too. That’s really important, and it’s where good things start. All the ‘black’ areas in the USA that have fallen into crime and violence really are black areas, in the sense that, well, we have observed that the word black is actually a derrogatory term: a term to describe things that are bad… no one should call themselves black. Are you shopping at the black market and receiving black mail from postman with your black hearts? People who lack melanin have commited the most appaling and nauseating acts against humanity to build their shelters from the sunlight, they have a terribly black history that never got error corrected properly. We also observed that nature is a cycle of error correction, viruses are not living things, they are malicious code enginnered to make a system destroy itself, in both your computer science and in your biology.
Colored graduation ceremony and national anthem
How times change
Then you get these thugs, with their criminal behavior trying to validate the wrongs of the past. The past is very important, but these thugs defile the legacy of their ancestors with their behavior. Much respect to the good upstanding black people, who make their ancestors proud. Salute you.
The display clearly says Sears Department store. It’s so hard for people to learn segregation, but what about the people who lived through it? And still live through discrimination in housing, policing, schooling today?
This is totally discrimination! Kids are going to see this and think differently about white and people of color! This will not stand! This should not be allowed! This is not the 1960s, it’s 2024! Grow up!
Would they have stars to give out to Jewish students? Do they remind them of the train rides to concentration camps? Yet we are constantly reminded
Why?????