An outraged Florida mom accused her son’s white elementary school teacher of racism after the educator sang the black child an alternate version of the “Happy Birthday” song that includes the word “monkey.”
Desarae Prather flew into a fury on Monday when the unidentified female teacher at Floral Avenue Elementary School in Bartow sent her a video of the 6-year-old student’s classmates celebrating his birthday with two renditions of the celebratory jingle, The Ledger reported.
“I couldn’t believe it,” Prather told the outlet, adding that she has since shared the twisted clip on social media. 5
“It’s nothing funny.” 5
In the short video, the staffer filmed her class as she led them through the lyrics of the traditional birthday song.
After they finished singing, the teach