Mississippi’s struggle with racism is still an uphill battle. Three people were arrested and five were hospitalized after a song titled “N-gger Hatin’ Me” was played at a prom after party in Marydell on Saturday night.

Sheriff Greg Waggoner says a group of African-American men showed up to the party uninvited and the White students played overt racist Johnny Rebel’s racially charged song full of offensive lyrics and racial slurs in an attempt to get the men to leave. Once the song was over, a fight broke out. Waggoner says guns were pulled and fired and some attendees pulled out knives. Five people were taken to the hospital with knife wounds but are expected to be okay.

Daniel Moore (pictured left), Linzo Carter (pictured left), and Jeremy Moore (not pictured) have been charged in connection to the incident. Carter was charged with a misdemeanor for showing a gun. Daniel was charged with a felony two counts of aggravated assault charge. Jeremy was charged with poses sing beer in a dry county. Leake County School Superintendent Patrick Posey says some students did attend the party, but it was not a school-sanctioned event. Although many college-age people attended the party, some parents kept their children at home from school on Monday in fear of a race riot erupting on the school’s campus. Waggoner says his primary concern is determining whether or not the gun was fired at people or shot in the air as an attempt to break up the fighting. Posey adds that he hopes “anyone else involved [in the fight] will have the courage to forgive one another and bring harmony back to our peaceful community.”

The incident is just one of many reasons why there should be a curriculum developed for schools nationwide that addresses cultural matters.