Teacher lectured about fascism and
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Teacher lectured about fascism and used students as examples

The social studies teacher wanted to illustrate fascism's division into A, B and C people and used students as examples. The Discrimination Ombudsman (DO) believes it was a very offensive situation.

The class was asked to answer which categories two students with a foreign background and the teacher would be considered to belong to, according to ideologies such as fascism, social Darwinism, and eugenics.

"It was a situation that was very offensive to the student, which the teacher must have realized," says DO Lars Arrhenius in a press release.

The teacher, who used the same lesson plan in several classes, has subsequently apologized.

DO believes the student was subjected to discrimination linked to ethnic affiliation and requests that Hässleholm Municipality pay SEK 70,000 in discrimination compensation.

AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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