A viewer contacted Channel 9 about pictures given to a Stanly County elementary school classroom that the viewer called racist and degrading.
Richfield Elementary School officials said, for now, it is not going to stop using those pictures in the lesson.
Worksheets were given to the students asking them to describe the emotion the person in the picture is feeling.
In the photos, angry white people are seen shouting at African-Americans, holding signs with hateful messages.
Some parents question if it’s right to use the pictures in the lesson for a kindergartners.
“Oh dear Lord, that’s too young,” Chris Drye said. “You need to have a sense of history. That's more of maybe a fifth-grade project."
“They are too young to understand,” said one parent.
"I'm disgusted that children the age of 6 are being exposed to such degrading material," a viewer said.
Others said they teach an important lesson about the country’s history.
Stanly County Schools defends it the pictures saying their word of the month is courage and the pictures depict the struggle of Ruby Bridges -- the first African-American child to attend an all-white school in the south in 1960.
Rev. Roosevelt Horne, with the local NAACP chapter, said he's not offended by the images.
He doesn't think they will sway how a child feels about those of a different race.
“Racism is taught in the home not in the kids,” Horne said. “They play with and love each other. They see no color barrier until they go home.
Stanly County Schools officials said they will review their material and possibly make changes if they get a written request from a parent. Officials said they had not yet received a written request to change the material.
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