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65 Post author: ThinkOfTheChildren 08 April 2013 09:29PM

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Comment author: wedrifid 09 April 2013 04:21:04AM 2 points [-]

There were math teachers who absolutely refused to allow blacks/poors in their classroom, or worse, treated them in such a way as to cause them to fail, thus confirming their worldview.

This is now? Not 100 years ago?

Comment author: drethelin 09 April 2013 05:31:33AM 10 points [-]
Comment author: [deleted] 09 April 2013 04:44:12AM 1 point [-]

There were certainly double standards when I was in secondary.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 09 April 2013 11:44:46AM 1 point [-]

When was that?

Comment author: [deleted] 09 April 2013 01:36:10PM 1 point [-]

Early 2000's.