Post by pavel on Jan 23, 2016 2:58:24 GMT -6
PHOENIX (AP) — A suburban Phoenix school district is taking disciplinary action after a photo of students spelling out a racial slur with T-shirts showed up on social media.
Tempe Union High School District spokeswoman Jill Hanks said Friday that the discipline process remains ongoing but six girls will be punished in accordance with district policies.
Hanks says Desert Vista High School students were wearing shirts to spell out "BEST(asterisk)YOU'VE(asterisk)EVER(asterisk)SEEN(asterisk)CLASS(asterisk)OF(asterisk)2016" for a senior class yearbook photo. She says the girls in the photo went off on their own and used their shirts to spell out a racial slur, "n-----."
Someone shared the photo online, prompting calls to the principal.
Read more: bigstory.ap.org/article/32043f42d9994738b6b05d02b978e5d6/phoenix-school-district-outraged-over-photo-racial-slur
Tempe Union High School District spokeswoman Jill Hanks said Friday that the discipline process remains ongoing but six girls will be punished in accordance with district policies.
Hanks says Desert Vista High School students were wearing shirts to spell out "BEST(asterisk)YOU'VE(asterisk)EVER(asterisk)SEEN(asterisk)CLASS(asterisk)OF(asterisk)2016" for a senior class yearbook photo. She says the girls in the photo went off on their own and used their shirts to spell out a racial slur, "n-----."
Someone shared the photo online, prompting calls to the principal.
Read more: bigstory.ap.org/article/32043f42d9994738b6b05d02b978e5d6/phoenix-school-district-outraged-over-photo-racial-slur