(BRIDGEWATER, Mass.) — A Massachusetts academy commune has apologized afterwards a photo appeared to appearance two white accouchement captivation leashes absorbed to a atramentous child.
The accouchement were cutting 17th aeon accouterment in the photo that was taken in a third-grade classroom at an elementary academy in Bridgewater. The two white accouchement were continuing while the tethered babe was admiration on the floor. Their abecedary was additionally apparent in the photo, which has broadcast on Facebook and generated complaints of ancestral insensitivity.
Bridgewater-Raynham Regional Academy Commune Superintendent Derek Swenson explained in a account Thursday that the accouchement were acquirements about Colonial-era accouterment and a allocation of the assignment dealt with tethering straps that were frequently acclimated to advice toddlers acquirements to walk.
Swenson says the academy commune understands why the photo could be perceived differently.
(Photo via Beyond The Industry/Facebook)
