“I’m African-American and my ancestors picked cotton. Why would I want my son to pick cotton and think it’s fun?”
The kids in the video are instructed to sing song lyrics, “I like it when you don’t talk back. Make money for me.”
“I just can’t put my feelings into words,” said black mama Jessica Blanchard. “That’s how upset I am.”
Rock Hills Schools said the field trip was intended to create a unique learning opportunity and promote an understanding of the past.
“As part of the fifth-grade curriculum, students study the Great Depression time period, and this field trip helps students make real-life connections to this era in American history,” the district said, in part, in a statement…
…But…but…but Mama don’t be liking DAT !! …She ain’t got time for dat shit…
Mama’s Tyrone said he thought picking cotton was a fun game and he didn’t understand the words to the song.