Digital ‘Slavery Simulation’ Game for Schools Draws Ire, Praise

Howard Stevenson, a professor of urban education and Africana studies at the University of Pennsylvania, said he liked the concept of Flight to Freedom, but wants to make sure that educators using the game in the classroom are skilled at helping their students navigate the “racial trauma” they may experience.

“Usually it’s a feeling, almost like a rejection of who I am as a person,” Stevenson said of such traumas. “There needs to be a place where you can feel that sense of hurt and get it out.”

Unfortunately, Stevenson said, many educators lack the sensibility and skills to help their students do that.

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