The images quickly spread across social media early Sunday, drawing shock and outrage from peers, parents and politicians who strongly condemned the behavior.
An image from Twitter shows a swastika made from red plastic cups at a party said to involve high school students from the Newport-Mesa Unified School District.
“I am ashamed none of us stepped up to take down this sign, and we should have stepped up right then and there to say it’s not right,” his child wrote.“These are children who made a big mistake,” he said.reflects larger attitudes Maxwell’s 82-year-old grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, attended the meeting and was given a standing ovation.
Both Josdel and Jocelyn said students who condemned the Nazi displays faced a backlash from the partygoers on social media, who defended the behavior as a big joke and questioned why people not of Jewish heritage were upset. He added: “It was uncomfortable to walk where white students sat. There was definitely a kind of segregation when I was there.”“Everybody's close-minded,” she said. “White people stay together, Mexicans stay together. We naturally just do it because we know that’s the way it is.”
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