MJ Adia
Sep 19, 2021

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Oh geez, I remember this. Just like my elementary school. In 3rd grade my teacher made us sing, "I'm gonna jump down, turn around, pick a bale of cotton, jump down turn around pick a bale a day. Oh Lordee, pick a bale of cotton, Oh Lordee, pick a bale a day." It got worse. The last part was, "I'm gonna picka, picka, picka, picka, picka bale of cotton." It's disturbing that I remember this, 30 years later.

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MJ Adia
MJ Adia

Written by MJ Adia

Black-Filipina. Lived in Peru for 5 years. LICSW, dancer, meditator. Writes about multiculturalism, cinema, race, social issues.

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