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A Polk County teacher is under investigation after a video of her singing a song to a Black kindergartner went viral.

The song included the lyrics, "You look like a monkey, and you smell like one, too," which the boy's mother called racist.

The teacher, a longtime district employee, has received death threats, according to the local educators' union president.

A video of a Polk County teacher singing a variation on “Happy Birthday to You” to a kindergartner has gone viral, fueling allegations of racism — and alleged death threats toward the teacher.

Polk County Public Schools is now investigating the incident, which took place Sept. 29 at Floral Avenue Elementary School in Bartow.

The boy to whom the teacher sang is now too upset to return to school, his mother

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