A North Carolina mother said that her child was the subject of a question regarding cotton picking during a lesson about the Industrial Revolution.
The mother asked to remain anonymous to protect the identity of the child. She claims her student felt so uncomfortable that they and two other students went to the principal’s office. “I was very scared because I didn’t know how my child was feeling on the inside and how this would affect my child long-term,” the mother said to a local news outlet.
“There were so many other examples and things that you could have used than to actually bring a physical plant and have a child reenact picking cotton.”
The lesson was reportedly aimed at teaching students about the 18th-century cotton gin and its impact on the revolution…