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    HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) -

    Imagine sending your child on a class trip, then finding out she and her classmates were called the "n" word and chased through the woods. It was part of a slavery re-enactment that some parents said crossed the line.

    One couple said their 12-year-old daughter came home from the field trip with horror stories, and now they've filed a complaint against the school district.

    "I ask that you imagine these phrases being yelled at our 12-year-old child and their friends," parent Sandra Baker said at a Hartford School Board meeting. "'Bring those (n-word) to the house over there. (N-word) if you can read, there's a problem. Dumb, dark-skinned (n-word). How dare you look at me?'"

    Baker said screaming that at children on a field trip is abuse.

    "They intentionally terrorized them and abused them on this field trip," she said.

    Sandra Baker and her husband James Baker have been on a 10-month fight with the Hartford School District that they've now taken to the school board.

    It started during the past school year when their daughter was a seventh-grader at the Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy. She and her classmates went on a four-day trip to the Nature's Classroom in Charlton, MA.

    On the third night, there was a slavery re-enactment that Sandra Baker said none of the parents knew about.

    James Baker shared his daughter's experiences with the Hartford School Board.

    "'The instructor told me if I were to run, they would whip me until I bled on the floor and then either cut my Achilles so I couldn't run again, or hang me,'" he told the school board.

    They pretended to be on a slave ship.

    They pretended to pick cotton.

    They pretended their instructors were their masters.

    The Bakers said the program told kids they didn't have to participate in the Underground Railroad skit, but were only told about the re-enactment 30 minutes before it began.

    "The fact that they used the 'n' word. I mean, how dare you say that to my child and call it an educational experience. How dare you say that to any child." Sandra Baker said.

    She said she can't believe the school has been taking part in the trip for years and never saw a problem with it. She's filed complaints with the state Department of Education, Human Rights Commission and offices of civil rights.

    "It's a town of people of color," she said. "Really. I mean, Hartford. You could not see something was wrong with this?"

    The Bakers said they pulled their daughter out of the Hartford School District.

    Channel 3 Eyewitness News reached out to the Nature's Classroom and hasn't heard back.





    Just so you guys don't think bigotry is purely a Southern thing.

    On a side note, there is something really creepy about people that do Civil War re-enactments. I bet the amount of racism and racists in such groups is much higher than the rest of the population.
    To us, it is the BEAST.

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    "My nation is the world, and my religion is to do good." --Thomas Paine
    "The subject of onanism is inexhaustable." --Sigmund Freud

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    • #3
      To us, it is the BEAST.

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      • #4
        I like the Key and Peele dubstep skit.

        To us, it is the BEAST.

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        • #5
          Also excellent.


          Easily Comedy Central's best new show since Chappelle walked away.
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          • #6
            It can be hit and miss. But I'd agree with that for the most part. Generally, the good skits are excellent.

            For me, Comedy Central starts and ends with The Daily Show, Colbert, and South Park. Anything else good on that channel is frosting on top.

            What holds Key and Peele back a little bit is the amount of their skits dealing with race. Racial issues don't bother me or anything. It just seems like they focus on it a little too much. Which is fine, I suppose. Everyone has a schtick.
            To us, it is the BEAST.

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            • #7
              On a side note, there is something really creepy about people that do Civil War re-enactments. I bet the amount of racism and racists in such groups is much higher than the rest of the population.
              And some are even confederates.
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              • #8
                I don't think they focus on it that much, really. Less than Chappelle overall.

                Every sketch show has its misses, but they are relatively few and far between on K&P.
                "My nation is the world, and my religion is to do good." --Thomas Paine
                "The subject of onanism is inexhaustable." --Sigmund Freud

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Guynemer View Post
                  I don't think they focus on it that much, really. Less than Chappelle overall.

                  Every sketch show has its misses, but they are relatively few and far between on K&P.
                  I admit that I haven't watched many full episodes on TV. Most of what I see is clips online. I saw a couple episodes on TV where perhaps 3/4 of the skits were about racism or mocking stereotypes in some way.

                  I like enough of their material where I can consider them awesome.

                  Just to give you an idea about my tastes, even the musicians I like the most will perhaps have 2-3 good songs per album that I like... the rest being ****. That's generally how I am.

                  If an artist can produce a ton of material, and maybe 10% of it doesn't suck hardcore donkey balls, that's probably enough for me to consider them great.
                  To us, it is the BEAST.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Guynemer View Post
                    Also excellent.


                    Easily Comedy Central's best new show since Chappelle walked away.
                    Key & Peele sucks donkey dicks. Only good skit I've seen is the dub step one
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                    • #11
                      You couldn't be wronger.
                      "My nation is the world, and my religion is to do good." --Thomas Paine
                      "The subject of onanism is inexhaustable." --Sigmund Freud

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                      • #12
                        I'm with KH on this. Even the dubstep sketch isn't that great.
                        I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of how awesome I am.

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                        • #13
                          You also couldn't be wronger.
                          "My nation is the world, and my religion is to do good." --Thomas Paine
                          "The subject of onanism is inexhaustable." --Sigmund Freud

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                          • #14
                            Two wrongers make a right, I believe.
                            I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of how awesome I am.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Captain ******* Kirk View Post
                              Two wrongers make a right, I believe.
                              I wasn't born with enough middle fingers.
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