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Racist promposal sparks backlash in Big Lake, Minnesota Racist promposal sparks backlash in Big Lake, Minnesota A boy used a racist sign to ask a girl to the prom in Big Lake, Minnesota this week, sparking outrage from members of the community. BIG LAKE, Minn. (FOX 9) - Some parents and students in the Big Lake, Minnesota community say the school district s apology following a viral racist prom proposal posted on social media is not enough. The poster in the picture reads: If I was Black, I’d be picking cotton. But I’m white so I’m picking you.
I was very disgusted, said Carrie Hatch, a mom of two students in the school district whose daughter told her about the incident first. It was a lot of emotions.anger was probably the initial emotion. ....
Threats Over Racist Prom Proposal Force Schools to Go Remote On 4/29/21 at 10:47 AM EDT A Minnesota school district has switched to distance learning for the rest of the week after schools were sent threats linked to a racist prom proposal. The proposal photo, posted on Facebook on Tuesday, showed two white students holding a sign that read: If I was Black I d be picking cotton, but I m white so I m picking you. Prom? In a message to parents on Wednesday, which was provided to Newsweek, the school district said it had received a number of threats towards our schools in connection with the prom proposal. ....
Updated: Apr 29 2021, 17:12 ET Invalid Date, A RACIST prom proposal that referenced black people picking cotton has caused so much outrage that an entire school district has been forced to switch to remote learning amid an onslaught of threats. The controversy was sparked when an image of two students from Big Lake High School, in Minnesota, were seen in a Facebook post holding up a sign reading: If I was Black I d be picking cotton, but I m white so I m picking you. Prom? 4 The controversy was sparked when an image of two students from Big Lake High School, in Minnesota, were seen in a Facebook post holding up a racist signCredit: Twitter ....