A friend of mine is a third grade teacher at an elementary school. She's thinking about implementing a lesson one day where she asks the children to pick out one crayon from a box with seven green crayons, seven blue crayons, and seven red crayons (There's 21 kids in her class). The kids who pick the blue crayons get snacks and drinks. The kids who pick the green crayons have to clean up the room and do assorted chores for an hour. The kids who pick the red crayons get suspended for a week and earn zeroes on all their assignments across that week.

What do you think? Does this idea of hers sound like a good way to teach about racism?