Students At Kansas High School Stage Walkout After Viral Video Shows Black Teen Suffer Racist Attack
It’s a nice thought—the idea that racism in America will die out with older generations of racist white people. It’s the kind of optimism that might legitimize the belief that the nation is at least headed toward a post-racial era. Unfortunately, these racist kids keep getting in the way of the narrative.
All one needs to do is Google the words “racist Snapchat” or “racist promposal” to know that the current crop of high school-age teens in America are far from immune to the influence of bigotry and anti-Blackness.
On Monday, at Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Villiage, Kansas, dozens of students walked off of campus during school hours in protest of an incident involving a Black female student and a white male student who was caught on video charging towards and attacking the Black teen after calling her the n-word twice.
School Hate Crime: Racist Kid Yells “N Word” While Attacking Black Girl, Breaks Her Nose And Hospitalizes Her. Black Girl Gets Suspended for 5 Days pic.twitter.com/GAyWwGRWN0
— The Kansas City Defender (@KCDefender) November 28, 2023
A Black female student at Shawnee Mission East High School in Kansas was injured in a fight with a white student who used a racial slur. In response, dozens of students walked out of class to protest the handling of this incident & other racial incidents. https://t.co/qqzD0cgjgG
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) November 29, 2023
From the Kansas City Star:
So, yeah, we’d love to be optimistic about race relations in the future, but it persistently appears that the old addage holds true: The more things change, the more they stay the same.
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