NY Teacher Allegedly Stepped on Black Students During Slavery Lesson

NY Teacher Allegedly Stepped on Black Students During Slavery Lesson
Patricia Cumming's social studies class webpage. Screenshot via misscummingspage.weebly.com
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A New York middle school teacher is under scrutiny for performing an unusual demonstration involving black students during a lesson on slavery.

The New York Daily News reported that social studies teacher, Patricia Cummings, who is white, singled out black students and got them to lie on the floor during the lesson. She then allegedly stepped on the back of at least one student to show what it felt like to be slave.