A photo of two African-American students dressed up for a "spirit day" at Ben Davis High School is causing mixed reactions among parents and students.

At Ben Davis High School, just days until the end of classes and one photo pops up that critics say shows no class.

It's a photo of two African-American female students in a restroom, wearing white make-up covering their faces, dressed in trash bags.

"Our senior class had a white trash theme today," said 18-year-old senior Chris Edwards.

"Me, personally, it was just a joke. We didn't mean no harm by it. People just trying to be funny. But I don't think it was as big as the people make it seem, though," said fellow senior Mike Taylor.

Parents reacted to the viral photo online Wednesday.

"There was absolutely no reason for that. We are really about to be done with Ben Davis High School," wrote one parent.

"This is completely unacceptable and where are these girls' parents? I don't agree with racism in any form," another parent wrote.

"Nice," said one father seeing the picture for the first time. "I don't think it's appropriate for school."

Edward Hasan, father of a Ben Davis student, said, "Honestly, kids are going to be kids these days. I wouldn't recommend doing something like that, but today's day and age, it's hard to control what your kids do with technology. I would not be happy if it was my children."

"I wouldn't let my daughter do this," said another father, Jesse West. "Anytime you're playing around with race in this day and age, it can be misconstrued or taken as offensive."

"Oh, just more stupid stuff. Just sad," said another disappointed mother.

For Edwards, "It was just a way of having fun. They took it too far."

Two students told us white and Hispanic students also took part in "White Trash Day."

The school district issued the following statement late Wednesday: