In a precursor to a lawsuit, four families are filing a claim against the Upland Unified School District, alleging inaction after years of racist abuse directed at their children.
Christopher Newman said one of the cards was supposed to go to his son, but the student crossed off his son’s name and gave it to Chloe instead. Newman said he found out his son had been racially abused at the school for months but had tried to handle the situation on his own.
London Douglas said that at the beginning of February, other students began walking up to her and rubbing her back. London also said students told her they were going to give her a card with a drawing of her hanging from a tree, but they were dissuaded from doing so when they saw that the girl who gave Chloe a card was escorted to the office. At the office, the girl was laughing and “goofing around” with another student who allegedly called someone – who is also part of the claim – the N-word, London said.
Maylana Douglas said all four of her children have been subjected to racist abuse. She displayed a stack of papers which she said was a pile of email exchanges between her and administrators about the incidents. The administrators assured the family that teachers would receive diversity training, but a teacher recently revealed to them that no training has taken place, Rome Douglas, the children’s father, said.
Kabene Gabremariam, the mother of another other student in the claim, said her son’s bullying began last year, when a student asked him for a “pass for N-word.” Her son later ran for office during school elections on an anti-bullying platform, but school administrators told him to stop talking about his personal experience, she said, adding that the same bully has continued calling her son a monkey.
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