This Teen's Father Told Her to 'Go Live With N******' for Having a Black Prom Date

This Teen's Father Told Her to 'Go Live With N******' for Having a Black Prom Date

Anna Hayes was disowned and called a "whore."

Published May 5th

  1. This is Anna Hayes, a high school senior in Lake Village, Arkansas
  2. Hayes said when she was growing up, she witnessed a lot of racism, especially from her father

    "He had always been openly racist around me when I was growing up in his household, but it never really occurred to me what it exactly meant to be racist, when you're a child you look at the world completely different," Hayes told Buzzfeed News."He has told me that if I ever dated a Black guy that I will and would be dead to him."

  3. Although she received threats from her father, Hayes asked her friend Phillip Freeman – who is Black – to be her date to prom

    Had fun with this boy at prom ❤️ thanks for being a great date 😻

    A post shared by @annaa.hayess on

  4. Upon sharing photos from prom night, Hayes received a string of offensive messages from her father

    Hayes' father called her a "whore" and told her to "go live with n*****." Although Hayes does not have much of a relationship with her father, his words still very much upset her. 

    "This just hurt more because I can not believe how anyone can hate someone they don't even know because of their skin color," Hayes told Buzzfeed. 

  5. After Hayes sent the messages to Freeman, he posted them to his Facebook, and they were repeatedly shared by others
  6. People were absolutely disgusted Hayes's father could say such awful and racist things to his daughter
  8. As a result of all the attention she's received, Hayes posted a message to add more details and ask that people stop making threats to her family

Written by Rachel Herron

(Photo: annaa.hayess via Instagram)

COMMENTS

Get More!

TRENDING IN NEWS

SEE ALL TRENDING

Recommended

Latest in news