
Detroit Renaissance High School teacher accused of calling students 'slaves' during lesson
Read full article: Detroit Renaissance High School teacher accused of calling students 'slaves' during lessonDETROIT - What started as a lesson about ancient Greece is now an investigation into a Detroit Renaissance High School teacher's comments to his class. Parents said this was a world history class and students were learning about the Helots of Sparta, an enslaved class of people. "He adds on, after they learn about the Helots, you're all Helots,'" Jamon Jordan said. "He tells the students they're Helots, and my child, my son Joshua, states Are you saying we're slaves?' And the teacher without pausing says, Yeah, you're slaves.