New York teacher on leave after allegedly making Black students pick cotton

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"ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A teacher at Rochester's School of the Arts is on leave facing a host of allegations of racist behavior, including placing handcuffs and leg shackles on his mostly Black students and making them pick cotton during a seventh grade social studies class.

The mothers of two children in different class sections said their children shared the same anecdotes with them this week, including that the teacher, 20-year Rochester schools veteran Patrick Rausch, referred to himself as "massah" and allowed white students in the classes to stop when they complained, but not Black students.

"I almost drove off the road," said Precious Tross, whose daughter, Ja'Nasia Brown, is in Rausch's class. Tross posted about the incident on Facebook last week, including a photo of the boll of cotton that her daughter took home from school.

A cotton boll that Precious Tross said her daughter, Ja'Nasia Brown, and her classmates were made to pick seeds from during a social studies class at School of the Arts in Rochester.
"She's traumatized; she feels belittled," Tross said. "He made a mockery out of slavery. How dare you."

The cotton-picking lesson happened Tuesday and spread publicly after Tross' initial post, including Thursday evening in a widely circulated email from the advocacy group Save Rochester.

The district confirmed that the lesson did take place, saying it was of "great concern," and that Rausch was on administrative leave while it investigates. An email went out to all families of seventh grade students."...