White mother criticized for ordering her black adopted daughter to wear a bag of rice on her head because ‘it’s in your blood’ — here’s her response to critics

A white mother who told her adopted black daughter to wear a bag of rice on her head because “it’s in your blood” has defended her comments after she was heavily criticised online for her remarks.

Kaylee Wilson, who has one son and three daughters, two of whom are black, justified her words by saying: “They are proud to be African.”

Wilson spoke out after posting a video of her nine-year-old daughter Wella struggling to balance a bag of rice on her head while grocery shopping at a department store.

“Put it on your head, like an African,” Wilson can be heard saying to her daughter, who was originally born in Ghana.

“Come on, come on. You’ve got to know how to do this. It’s in your blood,” she tells her as the youngster struggles to get the 20-pound bag of Royal Basmati rice on her head.

A white mother posted a video in which she can be heard telling her nine-year-old adopted black daughter Wella to carry a bag of rice on her head because ‘it’s in your blood’

Kaylee Wilson (pictured) has four daughters, two of whom are black. She seems to justify her words by saying, “They’re proud to be African.”

You could hear the girl say ‘ouch!’ when she felt how heavy the bag was.

The video is captioned: “We will train more once we get to Nigeria.”

Next we see Wilson performing the same task and she too notices the enormous weight of the bag of rice as she tries to place it on her head.

“Oh, that’s pretty heavy! Oh my!” she says out loud, before walking down the aisle with the beam on top of her.

Despite the cultural insensitivity of Wilson’s comments toward her daughter, the mother of four has responded to critics in a follow-up post.

“We lived in different African countries for over 2 years, learning the culture and spending time with the people,” Wilson wrote on her Instagram, along with the African flags of Ghana and Nigeria.

“They don’t get offended and they LOVE it when we participate in their culture. We look forward to moving back to Lagos soon!”

The couple have four daughters, two of whom are adopted, and there are plans for a third.

Wilson defended her actions in a follow-up post on Instagram

Online commenters were not impressed with Wilson’s choice of words about the child she adopted in 2016 and responded harshly to her.

“It’s in your blood” was not a nice thing to say to her, one of the posters wrote.

“If this is what you voluntarily film, I wonder what happens in all the privacy,” added another.

“You have no shame. That poor baby deserves so much better. Pray she finds the loving and caring family she deserves. Instead of being repeatedly EXTENDED by the so called ‘family’ who adopted her,” wrote a third.

“The fact that you don’t know why your words are insensitive tells me all I need to know… the historical context extends far beyond people being ‘offended’ or ‘sensitive,’” another noted.

‘This is SO disrespectful even IF she is African since when is anything from her culture IN HER BLOOD? Carrying a bag of rice is NOT in her blood!’ one follower commented.

Commentators were not impressed with Wilson’s choice of words when she told her daughters “It’s in your blood” when she asked her to carry a bag of rice on her head

The family plans to move back to Lagos, Nigeria for another six months later this year

Wilson then tried to parade through the store with the bag of rice on her head

‘I am AFRICAN and live in Africa and my parents NEVER made me carry a heavy bag on my head. That carrying heavy bags on our heads is in our blood, according to you, is devilish,’ chided another.

In another recent social media post, the family announced that they plan to adopt a third child from Africa later this year.

The family is moving to Nigeria for at least six months while the paperwork for their new adopted child is completed.

“Over the past few months, we have become even more convinced that our primary calling is to adopt children. We want to take the children God has chosen for us and bring them back to our farm so they can be healed, loved, and grow into our family,” Wilson wrote.