A student art contest at New Hartford Central School in Utica, New York, has stirred controversy for allowing the display of a piece of art that some are calling “racist.”
The slogan on the mock advertisement reads, “You can jump high and dunk like Lebron James if you eat Monkey Premium cereal.”Utica radio station WIBX in alarm and questioned how the school could allow the art featuring the word “monkey” coupled with a photo of a famed black athlete to be entered into the art contest and to go on display at the school.
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