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02/19/2009: "School children asked which lives they would save if they had to choose among different ethnic groups."
New Brunswick's education minister has ordered the cancellation of a school assignment that asked children which lives they would save if they had to choose among different ethnic groups.
Kelly Lamrock's move came after outrage was expressed by a mother at the school.
"I can't mince words," Lamrock said. "It is unacceptable in every way. Whatever the intent was, it invites and encourages defining people by stereotypes. It needs to stop."
The students had three spaces in a rocket ship and they had to decide which person they would save among the following: an Acadian francophone, a Chinese person, a black African, an English person and an aboriginal person.
[ The kids probably would choose the one that sounds like a fun multimedia gadget. ]
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2009/02/18/nb-homework-project.html