[MamaB]

So what? I have picked cotton and I am not Black. Everyone should do it at least once in their lifetime.

[DannyTN]

Me too.

[Sacajaweau]

I picked raspberries...bees hide under them big leaves.

[yarddog]

I and my siblings picked cotton for 3 cents a pound. I remember the first trip to the cotton gin, Uncle Buck paid us in cash and I went immediately to the dime store and bought a monopoly set.

Yes we worked for our Uncle.

[JoeProBono]

[scrabblehack]

But surely this “lesson” lacked realism.

Many years ago, my niece’s teacher found out I was a southerner. She (the teacher) actually wanted me to steal a twig or two of cotton.

[blam]

"So what? I have picked cotton and I am not Black. Everyone should do it at least once in their lifetime."

My grandparents were cotton farmers and picked loads of cotton.

I picked cotton too...(about 8 hours...that was enough for me. I got an education, lol)

[sheana]

My grandmother and grandfather picked Cotten, hoed it too. When I was young and stayed home from school I went to work with them. I’d help Grandpa til I was tired and then ride on his sack.
I must be a racist!!!