Comments on: ‘Horrors Of Slavery Must Not Be White-Washed’

By: Sandgrownan

Sandgrownan — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 19:23:29 +0000

So very Bermudian isn’t it …. So very holier than though

By: Jotaro

Jotaro — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 19:05:14 +0000

The use of “plantation life” instead of slavery seems a bit odd to me. Its too sanitized, imagine saying “involuntary camp life” instead of Holocaust.

By: J Starling

J Starling — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 16:41:06 +0000

Well, actually SJB’s statement doesn’t seem to reference Saltus at all.

Rather, they seem to be making a comment on the conversation that the initial reporting sparked on social media and the comments sections, and emphasising how the subject should be taught.

By: Observer

Observer — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 14:22:15 +0000

Having now realised that some of yesterday’s comments were based slightly on a misconception of the subject material, it appals me to think just how much hate exists in Bermuda. There is no reason or excuse for this to form part of our everyday society.

By: watching

watching — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 13:41:07 +0000

While I agree with Social Justice Bermuda’s statement, they clearly jumped the gun as Saltus’s second statement clearly set out the terms of the assignment and the context in which the students were asked to complete it.

By: Joe Bloggs

Joe Bloggs — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 12:46:23 +0000

“The horrors of slavery and segregation must not be white-washed,” Social Justice Bermuda said, adding that “no assignment should suggest that any positive aspects resulted from the dehumanizing, brutalizing, and traumatizing of enslaved peoples.”

For the first time, I agree with this anonymous group of people.

By: Tania Stafford

Tania Stafford — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 12:45:24 +0000

“The school said the assignment asked students to “Imagine you are a member of the ‘Underground Railroad’. Use the text and sources to write a speech designed to attract other slaves to join you. Mention:

The worst aspects of plantation life
Why the better parts of plantation life are still no substitute for freedom,
How the ‘Railroad’ works.”

Quite a distance between this and the way the matter was initially reported once the full context is seen. The school would have been sensible to release this immediately.