Mill Valley highschool college students stage walkout over racist video
MILL VALLEY, Calif. (KRON) — Within the North Bay, highschool college students walked out of sophistication after college students made a video utilizing a racial slur.
College students and supporters say this video raises loads of issues and need the college district to take motion towards the folks accountable.
“It’s in regards to the Black Lives Matter initially, however some incidents have led as much as this which made us have a walkout,” one scholar mentioned.
At midday on Wednesday, college students of Tamalpais Excessive Faculty marched down the streets of Mill Valley after classmates allegedly made a video utilizing a racial slur.
no title scholar: “We’re towards the administration at (Tamalpais) not going through actions towards these folks and we simply want some change round right here,” one other scholar mentioned.
Bishop Johnathan Logan is a pastor at Cornerstone Group Church in Marin Metropolis. He noticed the video and met one other pastor on the faculty to study extra about what occurred.
“It raised loads of issues to assume that individuals are nonetheless placing out detrimental racial remarks about folks and a couple of specific race of individuals,” Logan mentioned. “It’s disturbing.”
Amongst these marching with college students is Sarah Turner of Seniors for Peace.
“We had been informed by one of many college students what had occurred,” Turner mentioned. “We had been very involved that folks had been utilizing racial slurs that had been hurtful to folks so we need to finish that.”
The group marched to metropolis corridor to have their voices heard.
“I really like the assist we’d like extra assist, you recognize what I’m saying. The varsity must know all of this,” the coed mentioned.
KRON4 reached out to the Tamalpais Union Excessive Faculty District about this incident. We have now but to listen to again.