A Florida mother is demanding an apology from her son's elementary school after she says the teacher's approach to celebrating her son's birthday was "offensive" and racist.

The incident happened at a Floral Avenue Elementary School in Polk County, near Orlando .

Desarae Prather said the teacher sent her the video of the school birthday party, but she didn't find it funny. She immediately went to the school's office.

The video showed the teacher singing to the 6-year-old boy: "Happy Birthday to you. You live in the zoo, you look like a monkey, and you smell like one too."

Prather said there's a history of black people being described that way which to her makes it extremely upsetting.

"My skin is boiling. I don't even like racism and to know where we come from and our ancestors and

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