By Ryan Shepard Apr 13, 2021 Parents are firing back after the Aledo Independent School District labeled an online slave trading gamed led by students as "cyberbullying" and not "racism." The controversy surrounding the north Texas school district revolves around an online game created by students where students "trade" students of color for digital currency. For example, one student could be "worth" $100 because other students like them, but another student could be "worth" $1 if other students don't like their hairstyle. Participating students called the online activity "Slave Trade" or "N" Farm, Understandably, parents, teachers and students of color were outraged. "It makes me sick from the standpoint, 'Who do they think they are? What gives them the right to think they can do that to someone else?,'" former Aledo Independent School District parent