Wisconsin teacher removed for essay defending Ku Klux Klan

[TomSea]

Expectations may be this is about a Cheesehead David Duke...

The headline is captivating, then, one sees the real facts, teacher is black, he was telling the class to write such an essay to learn how to write persuasively.  It blunts the impact.  The BBC stretches the story line here I think in the headline.

Wisconsin teacher removed for essay defending Ku Klux Klan

A Wisconsin charter school teacher has been suspended after giving students an essay to defend the Ku Klux Klan.

The Milwaukee educator said in a letter to parents that the students would write a paper defending the white supremacy group.

The teacher, who is African-American, emphasised the goal was to teach seventh-graders to write persuasively.

continued: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38383146

[dfwgator]

Of course defending the Black Panthers is perfectly okiley-dokiley.

[skeeter]

Maybe this teacher was most interested in seeing which student could be the most "persuasive"?

[truth_seeker]

I recall the ACLU defended the NAZI party, in Skokie Illinois. For most people today, to grasp that is a big stretch.

Lawyers are taught to support either side of cases. Again a tall order for most folks these days.