racism in schools
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South Carolina Teacher Quits After Being Accused of Being a Neo-Nazi
Racism in American schools is, unfortunately, not all that uncommon. Whether it’s a teacher calling the cops on a student for not switching seats, telling a student to go back to their country or a 6-year-old black girl being sent to a mental institution, teachers have a surprisingly long track record of being trash. That…
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NJ Superintendent Says He Has 'No Problem' With Racist Teachers. When Black Parents Speak Out, District Calls Cops
Parents in a New Jersey school district began calling for the resignation of an interim superintendent after the school board official allegedly said he doesn’t mind racist teachers. When the superintendent further offended residents by whitesplaining that he was not racist because his family employed black farmworkers, the school found a novel solution to the…
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Missouri Middle Schooler Sends Racist Meme to Classmates
Every week I keep hoping that maybe this will be the one where I don’t have to talk about kids being trash. It’s only Monday and this already ain’t the week. According to KMOV, students at Hixson Middle School in Webster Groves, Missouri, sent a racist meme to two classmates. The meme showed an image…
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Officials Responsible for Racist Fashion Show Put on Leave [Updated]
Is racism the newest high fashion fad? I’m sincerely asking folks. I feel like it’s been a prolonged cycle over the last couple years of a racist thing happening and then fashion-heads feigning shock that people were mad. This time the culprit is the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. Over the weekend, The…
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One More Time: Another Professor Has Said The N-Word at the University of Oklahoma
Alright y’all, I’m pretty certain that there has been a concerted effort by educators to make this the worst Black History Month of all time. The amount of head-assery that has occurred over the past 25 days has got your boy in disbelief. According to CNN, a professor at the University of Oklahoma has said…
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School District in New Jersey Pays $25K to Settle Racial Harassment Lawsuit
Okay y’all, I’m starting to think that schools might be some of the most racist places in America. We all know kids have zero chill, but the level of racist behavior coming from both students and teachers seems like it’s becoming more and more common. According to NBC News, the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District in…
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Professor That Called the Cops on Student Has Been Suspended
It appears that the saga at Ball State University has ended, for now. NBC News reports that Professor Shaheen Borna has been suspended for the remainder of the semester. Last month, Borna garnered much-deserved controversy after calling the police on a black student who didn’t want to switch his seat. A statement issued by the…
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School Resource Officer Faces Battery Charge After Pulling Girl's Hair On Video
You know, the more stories like this come out the more I’m convinced that maybe we don’t need school resource officers. WESH 2 reports that Harry Reid, a school resource officer in Orange County, FL, is facing battery charges. The charges come after a video was released showing Reid dragging a black middle school student…
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Body Cam Footage Raises Questions Why 6-Year-Old Girl Was Sent to Mental Institution by School
Unfortunately, it’s no secret that black students are disciplined much harsher than their white counterparts. Even knowing that the case of 6-year-old Nadia King is still unusually disturbing. CBS News reports that the body camera footage of a Duval County sheriff shows that Nadia was completely calm upon her removal from Love Grove Elementary School…