In the politically and racially toxic environment, recent racists incidents in the Bexley and Olentangy school districts are not shocking, but they are reason for meaningful action, Amelia Robinson w…
"I put my phone down and just went on watching a movie, not looking at my phone because I knew they were going to keep asking me and asking me. About an hour later, I picked up my phone and they were still talking, and this one kid goes, ‘Listen up here, you N-word, I need you to pick up the phone.’ And immediately there I left the group, because I didn’t know how to react. … I was just ignoring it, almost like it was a bad dream.
It is not immediately clear how the image got into the morning announcements, but it is clear that the message of inclusivity was clearly not properly conveyed to whomever put it there - student, teacher or someone else entirely. She said changes like a student bill of rights could prove helpful. Moreover, Carrigan told me that all school districts and communities must seize the power to set standards from the minority who do not represent the will of the majority of people.
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