Photo of black child leashed by white students prompts apology from Bridgewater officials

[TexasTowelie]

School officials in Bridgewater apologized Thursday after a classroom photo that appeared to show two white third-graders holding a black child by leashes led to complaints and outrage.

In the photo, all three students and an adult are wearing 17th-century garb, and the two white children are holding straps attached to a gown being worn by a black girl who is kneeling on the floor.

According to school officials, the photo was shared by the classroom teacher with parents of her students. The photo was then shared on Facebook, and officials said they received a complaint Wednesday.

“Why is this OK??” wrote Roxbury activist Monica Cannon-Grant, who also shared the photo on Facebook on Thursday.

Read more: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/10/19/bridgewater-officials-apologize-for-racially-insensitive-photo-school-classroom/e9X34xy2HQ2qPug0AOSILK/story.html

[Kittycow]

1. According to the article..

the people involved were modeling garments commonly worn in the 17th century. The leashes were "teathering straps", used to teach a toddler how to walk. The child in this historical exercise was pretending to be much younger

My question is: why is it always the black kid in these school-type demonstrations stuck in the subservient role?

A purely rhetorical question, of course.