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SPOKANE, Wash. – An investigation is underway at Sacajawea Middle School where a family says their children were the victims of racial discrimination.
Emzayia Feazell and Zyeshauwne Feazell say their teacher had them and their classmates pick cotton in a social studies class on May 3, 2021.
“I was shocked that a teacher would bring a box of cotton into a class and tell them to pick it clean so she could teach us how slaves were back then,” said Emzayia.
The 14 year-old twins say they were the only Black students in that class when the activity happened and that it left them feeling humiliated and confused.