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School District’s ‘Racist’ Dirty Snowman Post Has Community Crying WTF<!-- wp:html --><p>ANDY BUCHANAN</p> <p>Members of a small New York community are furious at their local school for sharing a painfully tone-deaf social media post in which a dirty snowman was praised for its “diversity.”</p> <p>The Coxsackie-Athens Central School District posted an image on Tuesday of three elementary-aged students proudly standing behind a snowman they had built, local <a href="https://wrrv.com/racist-snowman/?fbclid=IwAR2U4XbcsGfI_liBWJlsrdbd3xU6kV99SjTE5svJOIFtn-PzQx_WpniwGZk">radio station WRRV</a> reported. In the photo, the snowman has been constructed with three large mounds of snow with what appears to be quite a bit of dirt mixed in.</p> <p>“Today’s CE Fourth Grade Playground Fun,” Coxsackie-Athens Central School District posted on its Facebook page, seemingly referring to Coxsackie Elementary School. “This snowman is just as diverse as our students!”</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-york-school-districts-racist-dirty-snowman-post-has-community-crying-wtf?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p> <p>Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/tips">here</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

ANDY BUCHANAN

Members of a small New York community are furious at their local school for sharing a painfully tone-deaf social media post in which a dirty snowman was praised for its “diversity.”

The Coxsackie-Athens Central School District posted an image on Tuesday of three elementary-aged students proudly standing behind a snowman they had built, local radio station WRRV reported. In the photo, the snowman has been constructed with three large mounds of snow with what appears to be quite a bit of dirt mixed in.

“Today’s CE Fourth Grade Playground Fun,” Coxsackie-Athens Central School District posted on its Facebook page, seemingly referring to Coxsackie Elementary School. “This snowman is just as diverse as our students!”

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