A video showing a teacher singing a version of the “Happy Birthday” song to a Black child that includes the lyrics, “You look like a monkey, and you smell like one too,” is going viral and garnering ...

The investigation outlines that other videos were shared of the teacher singing the song to students. Langston's written statement said she has been singing the song to students for 22 years. Polk ...

A video showing a teacher singing a version of the “Happy Birthday” song to a Black child that includes the lyrics, “You look like a monkey, and you smell like one too,” is going viral and garnering ...

Desarae Prather and her 6-year-old son. (Photo credit: 10 Tampa Bay News) Desarae Prather, a mother in Florida, is seeking action after receiving footage of a teacher singing a racially insensitive ...

Desarae Prather said the teacher should apologize and "should get fired" after singing the song to her son Legend A Florida elementary school teacher is under investigation after singing a "funny" ...

A Polk County kindergarten teacher received a written reprimand for singing a version of "Happy Birthday" with monkey-related lyrics to a Black student. The school district found the teacher violated ...

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 ...

A six-year-old boy was celebrating his birthday at Floral Avenue Elementary School in Polk County, Florida, which included his teacher singing “Happy Birthday” to him in front of his class. But after ...