Racist texts about ‘cotton picking’ target Black Americans, prompting probe

While some of the texts were signed 'A Trump supporter,' Donald Trump's campaign denounced the messages, calling them ...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Forced Labor In Central Asian Cotton Fields Disrupts Schools, Hospitals

Thousands of teachers, health workers, and other civil servants have been mobilized to pick cotton across Central Asia, ...
EURweb

Rochester Teacher Under Fire for ‘Cotton Picking’ Lesson About Slavery

A photo shows colorful cotton field (Photo by Yasin Dikme/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) *A white teacher in Rochester has been placed on leave after his slavery lesson had his class of ...
Hawaii News Now

Parent upset after she says teacher had students pick cotton during history lesson

UNION COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV/Gray News) - A North Carolina mother says her middle school student was asked to pick cotton during a lesson about the Industrial Revolution this week. The mother, who asked ...
Yahoo

Controversial FDNY video sparks outrage, longtime assistant commissioner dismissed

NEW YORK (PIX11) — A longtime assistant commissioner has been fired from the FDNY after posting a video to social media that some — including Mayor Eric Adams — perceived as racist. The video shows ...