Great controversy has been generated by a situation that occurred in a pre-kindergarten school in Mississippi that has been branded as racist.
It turns out that an African-American mother named Shemekia Ellis expressed in an interview for WMC She was amazed after her son was given a diploma at school to award him the so-called “Monkey Award”, precisely for his “skills” to entertain others.
Likewise, the small received other awards; however, this was the one that caught the mother’s attention the most, considering that the situation was unacceptable.
“I was excited about the prize, but I had no idea what I had in my hand. It’s unacceptable to me,” Ellis commented.
After raising her voice, the woman met with school district officials who told her what happened was unacceptable. They said that her son’s teacher did not know the story behind the comparison made of African-American people with monkeys.
“He said that the teacher said that she gave him the award for the energy from her. But the award says nothing about energy. It says entertainment… I’m mad because I don’t understand why my son got the monkey award when he got an award for completing pre-K,” she added.
Now, the woman demands an apology, both from the school and the district.
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