Picture Of Racist Prom Proposal In Minnesota Goes Viral

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- A Minnesota school district is investigating reports of a student using racist language to ask another student to prom.

A photo allegedly taken in Big Lake is making the rounds on social media. It shows two young people holding a sign that reads "If I Was Black I'd Be Picking Cotton, But I'm White So I'm Picking You."

(credit: Facebook)

Officials from Big Lake School District 727 say racism is not condoned in any form, but can't share more specifics because of privacy laws.

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