Parents and former students of Big Lake High School react to backlash over viral 'promposal' The "promposal" poster read, "If I was Black I’d be picking cotton, but I'm white so I'm picking you, prom?" Author: Deevon Rahming (KARE11) Updated: 10:29 PM CDT April 28, 2021 BIG LAKE, Minn. — Outside Big Lake High School the 'Hornets Way' highlights the school’s core values made up of kindness and respect. However, those values aren’t what’s getting the attention. It’s a viral "promposal" photo that’s putting the city of Big Lake and its high school on the map for all the wrong reasons.