DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ga. — The Douglas County school district is investigating a complaint that a 7-year-old girl played a racist character in a school play.
The parents of the girl, Anastasia Bertram, told
Channel 2's Wendy Halloran
they are furious with
the teacher, Jamila James, who asked their daughter to portray a protestor against school desegregation.
It happened on March 2 at L.W. Burnett Elementary School in Douglasville.
In a video of the play, Bertram can be seen holding up a sign saying, "Please go home" on one side and "Cursed is the man who integrates" on the other side.
James told the parents Anastasia volunteered after another student struggled to learn the lines and follow directions. But the Bertrams said they had no idea until she was on stage.
They told Halloran they were not asked for parental consent.
"No, I’m gonna have a child stand on stage and tell black children to go away because they’re black. That is the option that we chose," said Anastasia's mother, Amber, "She’s 7, and you put her onstage and made her think what she was doing was OK? That’s not OK.”
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