South Carolina elementary school trip sparks outrage after fifth-graders are filmed picking cotton and singing a 'slavery song' during Black History Month
Students from the Ebenezer Elementary school were filmed by a teacher picking cotton during a Black History Month school trip In the video, the fifth-graders can be heard singing 'I like it when you fill the sack, I like it when you don't talk back. Make money for me.' Parents of the students voiced their outrage over the trip and claimed they had been told it would be about the Great Depression, not slaves and cotton The school defended the trip, saying it's been running for 15 years and the song was written by an African-American instructor about the Great DepressionBy Luke Kenton For Dailymail.com
Published: 22:28 GMT, 22 February 2019 | Updated: 23:02 GMT, 22 February 2019
A South Carolina elementary school field trip has caused outrage among parents, after their children were filmed picking cotton and singing a slavery song during Black History Month.
Cellphone footage acquired by Fox 46 shows fifth-graders from Ebenezer Avenue Elementary picking cotton on a field trip, singing 'I like it when you fill the sack, I like it when you don't talk back. Make money for me.'
Parents said they had to sign a permission slip prior to the historical excursion to Carroll School, but the form made no mention of slavery 'cotton picking'. They say the form told them the trip was about the Great Depression.
According to a spokesperson for the district, students from schools in the Rock Hill area have been going to the Carroll School - which was build by African-Americans in 1929 - for the past 15 years.
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