U.S North Carolina elementary school rewards black student with Confederate hat
North Carolina mother is reeling after an elementary school rewarded her black son with a Confederate Army hat.
When Natasha Lea's 9-year-old son Jacob got off his Reidsville school bus last week, she said she was absolutely floored by what she saw him wearing on his head.
"I said, let me see that hat," Lea emotionally recalled to MyFox8.
Jacob obediently handed her the grey flat-topped cap, which didn't have any outside markings on it. But when she looked inside, she saw the damning proof.
Its tag read "Confederate."
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Looking at this a little differently -
Snorty laugh. Jokes on the person with "white pride". I hope his mother uses it for a dishrag. 
