The U.S. Department of Education has launched an investigation into a racially charged incident in a Fort Worth ISD classroom last year.
"We've been saying there's something wrong with the system and now at least there's enough probable cause for the Department of Education Office of Civil Rights to come in and do an investigation," said Tatum Thursday morning.
In his complaint, Tatum alleged that Fort Worth Independent School District discriminated against Black Students at R.L. Paschal High School,"by failing to appropriately respond to an incident in April or May 2022 in which a student repeatedly used the N-word during a classroom presentation without intervention from the teacher."
Over the years Tatum has expressed his belief that there's an underlying issue regarding systemic racism in schools toward Black students."We plan on changing this system for the better for the next 50 years," expressed Tatum who said he would like to see tangible changes such as training so that incidents like this don't happen again.
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