Education: Racist Bullying is a Problem That Won’t Go Away Anytime Soon

[SNOWFLAKE]

Some experts think schools are now battling two beasts: an influx of in-person racist incidents and persistent online attacks.

The headlines read like news from the 1960s: Students at an Ohio high school hung “whites only” and “blacks only” signs above the water fountains. In Maryland, a Confederate flag was hung outside a high school. And in Florida, white students at a middle school took a photo holding up letters that spelled a racial slur.

But the cases all happened in the past year as students have returned to school, bringing incidents of racial bullying with them.

Racial harassment and hate crimes were on the rise even outside the classroom. These incidents reached historic highs every year in the past decade, according to research from the Southern Poverty Law Center. A reported 11,126 people were victims of hate crimes in 2020, with more than 62% of these cases prompted by someone’s race or ethnicity, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The number of hate crimes against Black Americans — the largest victim category, according to the organization — increased by 49% from the previous year.

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Racist Bullying is a Problem That Won’t Go Away Anytime Soon

Some experts think schools are now battling two beasts: an influx of in-person racist incidents and persistent online attacks.

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[j brown's body]

Blacks, Latinos, lgbtq folks and Jewish people - all targets of violent right-wing extremism, aided and abetted by the Republican Party.

 

[SNOWFLAKE]

Trauma, trauma, trauma. This is supposed to scare people into voting for the Democrats, who will have more useless programs. Parents should homeschool kids and that takes care of racist bullying.

Oh geeze! And where do you think kids learn to be racist?

 

[Fiddytree]

Another thing I learned in my work with families was that part of the battle is instituting bullying laws and requiring districts create bullying policies with a clear process to address complaints.

The other battle is actually getting schools to actually follow those procedures, including and perhaps especially, with regard to racist bullying.