Did you hear about the 3rd grade math problems in Georgia that include wording and subjects such as slavery and beatings?

Here are a couple mentioned in the article:

Each tree had 56 oranges. If eight slaves pick them equally, then how much would each slave pick?

If Frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in one week?

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They tried to argue they are teaching history or social studies along with math. Forget that I am not in favor of combining subjects, especially combining math with other subjects, and also forget that I am not in favor of teaching slavery to elementary age students, how can anyone have ever thought these questions are ok?

I wonder if it is a new worksheet, or if they have been using it for years?

What do you think about the whole thing?