School officials in western New York are investigating claims that a White teacher instructed his students, most of whom were Black, to pick seeds out …
School officials in western New York are investigating claims that a White teacher instructed his students, most of whom were Black, to pick seeds out of cotton while wearing handcuffs during class. « It made me feel bad to be a Black person, » School of the Arts student Jahmiere O’Neal told news outlets after an appalled parent posted on Facebook that her daughter was confronted with the cotton-picking lesson Tuesday in a seventh grade classroom in Rochester, New York. « He made a mockery out of slavery, » the mother, Precious Tross, who also goes by Precious Morris, told news outlets later. « I don’t have a problem with you teaching our kids about slavery and what our ancestors went through and how they had to pick cotton, » she said.
