| LOS
ANGELES: A class of southeast Los Angeles students had
trouble grasping the concept of “taxation without
representation” while studying American history
on Tuesday.
The class,
made up of 20 African American students and 12 Hispanic
students, could not comprehend the lesson despite Mrs
Rondel repeating the popular rallying cry from the American
revolution several times. “So the people in America 230 years ago were annoyed about paying tax and not having any say in the running of their country,” surmised 16-year-old student and part-time Burger King employee Mary Smith. “OK, can we go over that bit about how many Black Senators there are again?” Mrs Rondel again explained to the class that the US Senate is made up of two Asian representatives and one Native American Senator, while the other 97 Senators are currently white. Mrs Rondel then made the class look up the pictures of all four African American senators from the past 225 years proudly displayed on the <a href="http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/history/h_multi_sections_and_teasers/Photo_Exhibit_African_American_Senators.htm"><font color="#006600"><strong>Senate website.</a> </p>  The United States only Native American representative Tim Johnson. |
| African American students confused about concept of taxation without representation |
Tuesday, 01 July 2003 12:00
