A black Virginia middle school student has accused his substitute teacher of ‘forcing’ him to play a ‘racist’ classroom game which involves ‘picking cotton’ with his nose, Your Content has learned.
Sidney Rousey felt singled out when he felt ‘forced’ to take part in a game which involved ‘picking cotton’ during a class activity at Gunston Middle School.
He’s the only black student in his class and worried he’d ‘get in trouble’ if he didn’t take part in a game which he and his mom have described as ‘insensitive’.
Gunston administrators held a meeting with the student and parent to discuss and are investigating how the activity was presented to students by staff,‘according to FLIPBOARD.
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