Georgia Teacher Stephanie Hunte Allowed Students to Dress in KKK Garb for Reenactment

Another Georgia school has launched an investigation into students wearing Ku Klux Klan robes during a reenactment. Stephanie Hunte, an 8th grade social studies teacher at Sweetwater Middle School in Gwinnett county, allowed her students to wear KKK robes as part of a re-enactment last Thursday. Another teacher saw the students preparing for the re-enactment and told an administrator. There's one big difference between Lumpkin County teacher Catherine Ariemma and this incident -- Hunte is black and she was told this type of activity was not appropriate for the school and would not take place, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

However, school officials learned this week that Hunte had allowed "this same activity" in another class the day before, according to the school's spokesperson, Sloan Roach.

"As a result of this information, we have launched a Human Resources investigation into the matter," Roach told the AJC. "Ms. Hunte, who has been with GCPS since August 2006, was told to report to the Central Office this morning."

Roach wrote that the re-enactment occurred as part of a social studies curriculum that covers "parts of our nation's history, including Reconstruction, key political and social changes and the civil rights movement."

I completely understand teaching students about the good and bad aspects of American history, but to wear KKK garb is a bit much for me. The KKK embarked on a reign of terror in the lives of blacks in this country that still unnerves many to today. Ms. Hunte should be placed on administrative leave as Mrs. Ariemma was.