My Mom asked her class “Who was the 1st Black Supreme Court Justice?”
A little girl(a black girl, no less) raised her hand and said “Judge Joe Brown.”
I really wish I was making this up! The moral of the story: Parents, READ TO YOUR CHILDREN! There is more to Black History than Martin Luther King, Jr. and George Washington Carver. Also, teaching the kids about the contributions of black people to this world should not stop in February.
Oh yeah, the correct answer to that question is Thurgood Marshall, the fellow in the picture above. I had to clarify that, just in case one of you is as misguided as that poor 5th grader. Can’t have y’all commenting saying stuff like “Judge Joe Brown look different! You sure that’s not Judge Mathis?”
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OMG although that is sooo undeniably sad….that shit is funny as all hell. And I bet you the girl said it with confidence like she really knew the answer she gave was correct. Lmfao I can only hope that with the right education from school and guidance from mommy my child will be very limited to making statements such as this girl lol
My prek students have to do research projects and presentations for their homework for Black History Month. So far, I’ve seen these four year olds successfully present factual info and pictures (most drawn themselves) or Barack Obama, Martin Luther King, Marian Anderson, and Etta James. Others are researching George Washington Carver, and even their own ancestors. As a class, they learned about Jacob Lawrence and his community, then made their own community paintings like him.