Black mom sues L.A. school district over cotton-picking project in elementary school

The lawsuit states that Rashunda Pitts’ 14-year-old daughter suffered emotional distress, uncontrollable anxiety attacks and episodes of depression as a result of the 2017 project.

A Black parent who said it was “culturally insensitive” for her daughter’s elementary school to set up a cotton field to let students experience what slaves went through filed a civil rights lawsuit last week against the Los Angeles Unified School District and the Board of Education.

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