Hundreds of high school students walk out of class over video of white peer saying racist slurs
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One thing the global pandemic hasn’t stopped: people spewing hateful, discriminatory rhetoric, whether it’s coming from elected officials, folks showing up at school board meetings, or, sadly, even students themselves. The good news is students arenHundreds of high school students walk out of class over video of white peer saying racist slurs
One thing the global pandemic hasn’t stopped: people spewing hateful, discriminatory rhetoric, whether it’s coming from elected officials, folks showing up at school board meetings, or, sadly, even students themselves. The good news is students aren’t putting up with hate speech anymore—at least not at one high school just outside of Portland, Oregon. As reported by NBC News, hundreds of high schoolers actually staged a walkout protest after a sickening video by a white classmate went viral on TikTok. (As a note, the video is not linked in this article.) The video includes a white Tigard High School student saying a number of racial slurs against Latino, AAPI, Muslim, and Black people as another student filmed the video and encouraged her to continue. The school is aware of the video, with some administrators even participating in the walkout, but it’s unclear what disciplinary action might go down. And students—fairly—are demanding real answers and accountability. Read more