Post by Logan on Jan 30, 2016 2:11:12 GMT -6
Maryland student’s dismissal of ‘Black Lives’ movement prompts backlash
A viral video of a suburban white Maryland teenager disparaging the Black Lives Matter movement with inflammatory racist pronouncements has prompted a swift response from local school officials, who described the recording as “disturbing.”
The 30-second video, which quickly gained momentum in recent days on social media, shows a student at Mount Hebron High School, in Ellicott City, saying “who the [expletive] cares about some black man who dies?” The student goes on to say that black lives do not matter because “they are an inferior race, okay?”
The video ends with the student grabbing a five-dollar bill and holding it up to the camera to display the face of President Abraham Lincoln, saying: “This guy is a traitor to the white race.”
The video emerged amid a nationwide discussion on race in America’s public classrooms and college campuses, one that gained steam after racial tensions at the University of Missouri last fall led to massive protests, a near-boycott by the school’s football team and the resignation of the administration’s president and chancellor. Students at colleges nationwide in recent months have been vocal about pushing for meaningful change to what they see as institutional racism.
Read more: www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/white-high-school-student-black-lives-dont-matter/2016/01/28/5c42cbf0-c633-11e5-a4aa-f25866ba0dc6_story.html
A viral video of a suburban white Maryland teenager disparaging the Black Lives Matter movement with inflammatory racist pronouncements has prompted a swift response from local school officials, who described the recording as “disturbing.”
The 30-second video, which quickly gained momentum in recent days on social media, shows a student at Mount Hebron High School, in Ellicott City, saying “who the [expletive] cares about some black man who dies?” The student goes on to say that black lives do not matter because “they are an inferior race, okay?”
The video ends with the student grabbing a five-dollar bill and holding it up to the camera to display the face of President Abraham Lincoln, saying: “This guy is a traitor to the white race.”
The video emerged amid a nationwide discussion on race in America’s public classrooms and college campuses, one that gained steam after racial tensions at the University of Missouri last fall led to massive protests, a near-boycott by the school’s football team and the resignation of the administration’s president and chancellor. Students at colleges nationwide in recent months have been vocal about pushing for meaningful change to what they see as institutional racism.
Read more: www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/white-high-school-student-black-lives-dont-matter/2016/01/28/5c42cbf0-c633-11e5-a4aa-f25866ba0dc6_story.html