WATCH: Student wears KKK costume to deliver English presentation to stunned classmates
THIS is the shocking moment a student donned a Ku Klux Klan costume to deliver a presentation to his class.
Student wears KKK costume to class presentation
The student’s brazen English presentation took social media by storm after sparking a furious backlash from parents and his fellow pupils.
Photos, posted on social media by other students, show the boy draped in a white sheet with holes cut out for eyes and a nose.
The student donned the costume to his class presentation
Baffled pupil Jessica Batko posted the clip on Twitter with the message: “Why???”
According to Ms Batko, the class had been reading The Great Gatsby and students were assigned to research a topic related to the 1920s.
The title of his presentation appeared to be 'Crime in the 1920s'
A screen behind the student displays the words: “Crime in the 1920s.”
Ms Batko said: "There was only a student teacher in the room at the time and she never told him to take it off, however she did talk to him after class.”
The student's classmates were left stunned
As any of you would be, I was appalled by the photo
Lisa Albrecht, headmistress of Westosha Central High School, Massachusetts, condemned the shocking images.
She said: “As any of you would be, I was appalled by the photo.”