Reality star Kendra Wilkinson stirred up controversy when she shared a photo of herself picking cotton.
Wilkinson, adult magazine publisher Hugh Hefner’s former girlfriend, shared a photo on her Instagram page showing her holding pieces of cotton in a cotton field, which she captioned, “Always wanted to pick cotton. Lol.”
According to the Daily Mail, she then shared a video of herself running into a cotton field, saying that she was worried she was going to get shot for trespassing.
Within minutes, fans and followers began accusing Wilkinson of being racist and ignoring the dark history of African American slaves being forced to tend cotton fields.