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Some high school students in Massachusetts were shocked when they took their statewide assessment this year and were asked to write a journal entry -- from the perspective of a racist white woman

Some high school students in Massachusetts were shocked last month when they took their statewide assessment exam.

They were asked to read an excerpt from Colson Whitehead's 2016 novel"The Underground Railroad" and write a journal entry from the perspective of a character named Ethel. There was just one problem: Ethel is an openly racist white woman in the story about an escaped slave seeking freedom.The question was part of the English Language Arts Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exam, which was given to all sophomores in public schools beginning March 26.

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