racism in schools
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California High School Student in Racist Video: ‘When the Police Were Killing All Those Black People, I Was So Happy’
Somebody gon’ learn a big lesson real soon. A high school student from Elk Grove, Calif., has stepped in a heaping mound of dog shit after a racist video she recorded went viral on social media. The girl, who probably thought she was cute, filmed herself on Snapchat making several horrible remarks. The video has…
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Iowa Cheerleader Who Quit Team After Being Ordered to Stand During Anthem Finds Racial Slur Written on Dorm Door
You might remember Alyssa Parker. She’s the Buena Vista University cheerleader who took a stand for racial injustice and quit her cheerleading squad after the school issued a policy mandating that players and cheerleaders stand during the national anthem. It seems that everyone was impressed by Parker’s upstanding character and her willingness to stand by…
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Tennessee High School Students Stage Walkout After Racist Messages That Reference ‘Stringing Up’ Black Students
Students at Haywood High School in Brownsville, Tenn., staged a walkout on Monday after it became public knowledge that black students were the target of racist threats made by other students. WREG-TV reports that a student at the school contacted the news station and detailed how members of the baseball team posted threatening, horrible messages…
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Indiana High School Employee Is Being Fired After Participating in Game of Hangman That Used Racial Slur: Report
A Kokomo (Ind.) High School employee is facing the music after he was recorded on cellphone video playing a game of hangman that used the n-word. As the Kokomo Tribune reports, the eight-second video shows a student and Greg Ostapa, a paraprofessional at the high school, playing the easily recognized game on a tablet. The…
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School Apologizes for Photo That Seems to Show Black Student on Leashes
A Massachusetts school has apologized and added some much-needed context to a racially insensitive photo that appears to show a young black grade-schooler tethered to two white children. WBZ-TV reports that the photo was taken during a history lesson in a third-grade class at Mitchell Elementary School in Bridgewater on Oct. 13. The lesson showcased…
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School District, Police Investigating Picture of Pa. High School Students Posing With Pumpkins Carved With Racist Symbols
Local police are investigating a photo that shows four teenagers, believed to be students at Coatesville High School, posing behind pumpkins carved with racist symbols. According to WPVI-TV, the image was posted on social media before it took off and sparked backlash in the Coatesville community. The report notes that several students left classes early…
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Racial Slur Written on Dorm-Room Door of Black Students at Mass. University
Two Framingham State University students are terrified after a racial slur was found scrawled with permanent marker on their dorm-room door over the weekend. “When I saw it this morning, I was pretty hurt. I didn’t feel safe going back to my room and I felt like I was a target especially since it was…
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Miss. Elementary School Teacher Fired Over Facebook Post Telling African Americans to ‘Move Back to Africa’
Updated Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017, 12:15 p.m. EDT: Looks like the South Panola School District in Mississippi isn’t buying the ol’ “Oh my goodness, I’ve been hacked!” excuse after an elementary school teacher was caught making racist comments on Facebook. Cammie Rone, who taught at Batesville Intermediate School, has been officially fired after commenting that…
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NC Middle School Teacher Suspended After Saying N-Word, Comparing Student to Slave
An Apex, N.C., middle school teacher has been suspended after video surfaced on social media showing him saying a racial slur and comparing a seventh-grade student to a slave. The incident happened Wednesday in Apex Middle School’s “Cougar Den,” where students finish school work. In the video, the teacher, identified by WRAL as Dick Wesenduck,…
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4 Questions Parents Should Ask a Principal or Teacher to Ensure Their Child’s Success
Failing schools that service low-income black kids will continue to get away with egregious levels of educational neglect because they know no one will hold them accountable, unless parents are savvy enough to demand what their children deserve. Here are four questions that focus on school culture, instruction and assessment that parents should ask their…