“A lot of [the discussion] is that it’s not morally correct. It’s unethical,” Fuller told the station. “It’s just something you don’t want to discuss today in today’s world and especially inside of a classroom.”

Fuller said her daughter once wore a belt to school with a Confederate flag buckle. The school asked her daughter to take it off, which she did, and she received an in-house suspension. “If she can’t wear that belt buckle, then why is it appropriate to make an assignment out of it?” Fuller said.

The mom said her issue was not with the Confederate flag photo, it was with the text. “Why was that used? With it being such a rough area, why would you put that our there to a class discussion that could have turned very ugly?” Fuller said.

“The Richmond County School System is committed to creating a diverse, equitable learning environment for all students,” the district said in a statement reported by WRDW. “The language used in the example was unacceptable and has no place in our classrooms.”