Really…how is this possible?

posted by the Gremlin

After watching this short video of a recent incident of racism in a high school where kids were being openly racist, it seems as though I have discovered why it is that we are all just a little bit racist…. still. Race is an open topic in many places here in America and racism must be seeping into our psyches.

In the video students were openly hating black students and there was literally nothing being done about it This is what made me think “WTF?” the most. I certainly remember there being strict rules about racism back when I was in school. But why not this school, how can these kids run wild degrading everyone that looks a little different than them into rubble? Who is to say that we don’t do the same behind our own eyes?

So why are we all racist…. still? Because parents aren’t educating their kids, or choose not to? The schools aren’t doing much to prevent this behavior either. One administrator admitted that their staff wasn’t properly trained in this area. But how much training do you need to undergo to spot such blatant racism and then to speak up?

If you were among this group of so called “administrators,” what would you do? Would you dial up your own little way to report things to the staff? Or something a more extreme?


And then I encounter this video. Another “WTF?” How about these administrators? What are they thinking. The woman won a case in court, afterall, and so her story, which sounds entirely far-fetched, must be true. How can it be? I guess the inmates really do sometimes take over and run the asylum.

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356 Responses to Really…how is this possible?

  1. Chad Ochocinco says:

    In response to, “really how is this possible” I would say that it is terrible that problems like this exist in schools. I know its pretty much inevitable that things like these happen, but I strongly believe that school is the one place that kids should always feel safe. I know that I may be sheltered because I have always went to good schools with strong discipline, and racism or violence would never be tolerated. Schools need to be places where kids feel comfortable and can open their minds to learn. Having to deal with blatant racism is something no child should have to go through at a place where they need to go to learn and better themselves. Parents need to be the first teachers and let their children know that it is not okay to discriminate and be racist. However, parents usually cause the most damage because they are the ones who put the racist thoughts in their children’s heads. Administrators also should be required to take some type of course or training in race relations. But once again this may not work because if someone is truly racist then no training or course will be able to change their minds. Problems like these are very hard to deal with. I don’t think there is any simple solution because it all depends on the particular person. Parents need to do their jobs, teachers and principals need to do the same. As a society, we put a lot of trust into our teachers. They have a huge impact on kid’s lives and sometimes the people doing this are not cut out for the job. I was very lucky growing up because I had great teachers and things like this would have never been allowed to occur. I can only express my sympathy for kid’s who aren’t lucky enough to have the same thing happen to them. There should defiantly be extremely strict penalties for any type of racism or bigotry going on inside a school. Kid’s need to learn at a very early age that behavior like this is not okay, and that it won’t be tolerated. The earlier these rules start being enforced, the better it is for everybody. There is no reason that schools should be allowing things like this to go on. There has to be a serious change in that school and the administrators need to be held accountable for their negligence. If an example is set on this school, then maybe it will help other places to fall in line as well. There is not excuse for this, and I can only hope that these problems will be fixed sooner rather than later.

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  2. Nake-Sky says:

    I think I totally shocked by this blog, I always think that the so-called discrimination should be the past things, it’s should happening now; I don’t understand why those Black students and that teacher should treated like that! Just like the black girl student said” it’s not fair, it absolutely not fair in today’s society, I mean most of our young teenager are educated early from their local school, so they should at least doing one thing, To be respect to anyone, how come those student are doing such damage like burning and breaking, I think that’s horrible . If you are their Dad and Mom, what will be your next step, I think you must change your child’s school, because it’s to easy to be a Racist, I can’t believe why school’s administration make some effort on their school rule, if they just work little bit hard to fix this kind of issue, that will be changed totally, It’s unfair for those student who are treated like that
    I spent my one and half year in a private high school in Vermont, it’s a big international boarding high school, there all totally 1200 students in that high school, but there are over 400 international students from at least 20 country, Mexico , China, South-East Asia Europe and south America, etc so 35 percent students are differently, but I didn’t see any racism in my high school like that, it’s probably because the boarding students are not too minority, everyone was treated fairly and the students are friendly when I first came there. That’s why I felt sad about these two girls in their high school, they are treated unfairly, and I actually mad about those young teenagers who were doing those damage and discriminative, they think that’s fun, Oh my god, that’s totally stupid, are they feel lucky about their birth, because they are not born from a black family , I mean what will they feel if they are those racism victims, so that’s why I feel so sad about their administration, if I was their school administration, the first thing I am going to do is to educated those damager until they understand their mistake!
    After watch the second video about that teacher, I mean, what’s going on with those students, they are our next generation, the important people for this country, and look at that teacher, she win her case in the court finally, but why she wined , is because she is a white? , the answer probably is YES, if the teacher is a black victim, would she win that case so easily, that’s still out main issue in the society, Racism! these two news are typical example in our society, and I think there are more than this in those local school, so what we need to do is start educate this knowledge in middle school, because it is the important time during their young life, let them understand the truth

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  3. Holmes says:

    This post discusses why open racism is still allowed in school environments. The topic of this post did not surprise me, because I saw racist comments between students in my high school. The second video did shock me a little, but only in the fact that the administration told her that it was just the students’ culture and that if the teacher did not like it, she should leave.
    In my opinion, there are a few reasons that the administrations are doing little to address the issues of racism in these schools. First, I think that people like to think that racism is not an issue in our society. Many believe that if they do not talk about it, that it does not exist. However, someone of powerful standing in the school district must admit that racism exists in order for the administration to address it. Unfortunately, school districts do not like to disclose that they are dealing with racism because they believe that it casts a negative light on them. Until they realize that only by addressing racism in schools which has the potential to better the lives of many students, they think that the stigma of having to deal with racism overpowers any good that can happen. While this does not concern the second video at all, another reason that school administrations are not dealing with racism is that they feel uncomfortable and untrained. Just like we talked about in class, whites are taught from a very young age not to discuss racism and being white. Many feel like any discussion about racism may lead them to be called racism themselves. I think that at least one member of every school administration building should have to attend a race and relations class, just like this one.
    One thing that really bothered me was the fact that the first video had to explain at the end that the words and images were used in context and that they did not endorse anything that they had previously shown. I clearly did not think that they supported racism or were racist themselves. I think the reason that it bothered me so much was that they felt that they had to say this disclaimer at the end. People, especially in the media, feel so restricted to speak. They should have just been able to tell this story. Without those words and images, the story could not have been accurately explained. In addition, many viewers would not believe that racism still exists in school districts.
    Another thing that bothered me was that the teacher sued the school in the second video. On the one hand, I can see that she had no other alternative. She had presented her case to the principal, who just told her that it was part of the students’ culture. In addition, by suing, she brought the issue of racism not only local but also national attention. There is now the potential for change, although it is not likely. While I think she had good intentions, I do not think that any major changes will occur in this school district.

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  4. Peter Griffin says:

    The first video, dealing with the William’s sisters, struck a nerve in me. It is unfortunate that two seemingly kind individuals which a similar social standing as their peers were treated differently because of their skin color. For all we know, these two girls could have received better grades, done more for the community, and acted far more appropriately in school than their white peers but still, they were the ones being tormented. Being white, and attending a high school where essentially all of my peers had the same skin color, I cannot relate to what the William’s sisters faced five days a week in school. I can, however, imagine that it certainly impeded on their social lives as well as their academic standing. High school, a place to invoke learning and the preparedness for upcoming college careers, turned out to be just another bump in the road for these sisters and any other students of color that went to that same school. You do not have to be very intelligent to understand that a high school should be a comfortable place for students. Students in high school should have no other worries other than to maintain their grades and perhaps a Friday night game under the lights. School should never be a place to express your racial beliefs, especially when these beliefs impede on the well-being of others and vandalize property that is not yours. My high school was small- my graduating class was only 120 some students- and was all white except for an occasional mixed student or Hispanic student, but there were only a handful of these students in the entire school. Even so, I never felt as though my school held any hatred as far as race. I knew the kids of black ancestry, and can so for a fact that they never felt discriminated against, because these kids were in the same “clique” as me and, actually, they had the entire school’s support behind them as they excelled in sports. Never once was vandalism found in the bathrooms that expressed the N word, or was the N word written on a wall. So, having come from this, I do not understand how an entire school district can turn such a blind shoulder as to let this racism happen. It should not be difficult for an administration to take a stand and prevent such actions from occurring.
    In the case of the white teacher being discriminated by black students, I find it sad that their parents are still teaching these kids to act in such an unaccepting and hurtful manner. Sure, it is sad that this school’s administration stated that it was simply the culture of the students, but it is equally as disturbing that maybe the administration was right. Maybe it is the “culture” of these kids to hate against white individuals but it is all that they know and all that they are taught at home. In this case, I feel as though the discrimination needs to stop at the root of the problem, and the root, in my opinion, is the parents.

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  7. Oprah says:

    After watching the video, I can’t believe that racism still exists to this degree. I’m not blind to the fact that racism is still around, but I didn’t think it was this bad. I guess it’s because I have not witnessed it at this level first hand. I think something could have been done at Northwest High School so that the William’s sisters were not forced to leave. I want to know where this school is located. I think the location plays a huge role in racism. I don’t think the teachers need to be adequately trained with how to deal with racism. It should be common sense as a teacher to be the higher figure and stop things when you know they’re wrong. It’s sick to see some of the things that the kids wrote on stalls and saved on computer backgrounds. At the end of the video the news reporter states that this is happening all over and not just at this campus. Where is the evidence that racism is taken to this extent other places? I’m sure it is happening, but I’ve never seen it and they didn’t show any proof that it was happening other places so how can I believe that? It’s sort of similar to the previous journal about how you can’t always believe what you hear on TV and you have to do your own research.
    It really pissed me off to see that “the Gremlin” said that the white teacher’s story seems far-fetched. If it was so far-fetched then how did she win the case in court? This just goes to show that racism goes both ways but when blacks are racist towards whites it’s not considered racism. It’s not true, but rather “far-fetched”. It kind of made me laugh to hear that the principal was black. I think his/her race plays a part and allowed the racism to occur. If the principal was white then he/she would not allow black students to be racist towards their teacher. Another thing about racism only going one way is the fact that after the teacher complained that she was being racially harassed the school told her to tolerate it and that racism and profanity was part of their culture. That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve heard. So basically what they’re saying is that it’s okay for blacks to be racist towards whites but as soon as whites are racist towards black they jump down our throats and call us racists. It’s a bit of a double standard. Even the news reporter acted like he didn’t believe the teacher’s story. He seems to drill her with a lot of questions then not be okay with the answers she gave. Basically, racism goes one way and it’s unfair.

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  11. astridalailama says:

    Seeing these girls cry after the Jetsons comment, it just makes me feel weak. Have we made absolutely no progress in this country? “We understand some of you may have found content in that story offensive…” Hell, yeah it’s offensive. I’m offended our country is still full of ignorant assholes. Ugh, I accidentally clicked on the video and it took me to the actual YouTube video and the comment stream is horrible. I can’t get away from it. Who are these KKK nut jobs and where do they all come from?

    But I have to pause, because it seems really lazy for a white person (as I am) to complain because she has to see a few stories on the news. I can’t imagine how tired and angry those girls are who find evil messages written on bathroom stalls about them.

    “If you don’t like cursing, this isn’t the school for you.” Bull shit. Now I am getting angrier. Why is it ok to abuse someone? To accost someone with harmful words is not protected by the 1st amendment. Stop this train, I want to get off and go home. (thanks John Mayer)

    He hopes a lesson was learned? Sure, she won the case, but that school is likely still a toxic wasteland. The teacher has to move away. Alternatively, one could argue she may have been a horrible teacher, but this is the quintessential issue with race relations in the United States today: nothing is actually being solved, we just move away.

    The other evening I was sitting on the (closed) toilet, hanging out, while my 5 year-old was relaxing in the tub. Self-inspecting her naked body, out of nowhere she said, “Mom, what colors are people?” I asked if she meant ALL the colors or the brown and pink kinds of real colors. She wanted to know the real range people could be. “Ok,” I thought, “here we go. I have to start teaching my kid about race.” So I mentioned all her friends and described the wonderful range of peaches, browns, tans, and blacks that make up the rainbow of humans. (It’s nice living in an international community where I could give her lots of examples :) Then, innocently and sweetly she said, “I don’t like Arame’s skin. If you get chocolate sauce on it, you can’t wash it off and it won’t be clean.” I was shocked. Arame [ah-RAHM] is from Senegal, maybe the darkest person I’ve ever met, and yes, probably has darker skin than Hershey’s syrup. I almost cried. Not clean? How in the hell did she get to this place? She loves Arame and Arame is extremely kind to her. Not to mention, since we are talking cleanliness, it may as well be mentioned that their house is not only uncluttered, but clean as well. Where did my kid get this? Arame is also is the biggest ray of sunshine I have ever met in a 10 year old girl, and it deeply pains me to think that she will likely experience racial hate. My daughter isn’t starting out with negative connotations about people who look different, just think about the kids that are taught differently! All of a sudden, I started getting nervous. Not about what I will teach my own kid, but what others are teaching theirs.

    Through a little bit of Kindergarten Socratic method, I got my daughter to agree that dark skin is pretty cool too and she hopped out of the tub. Two days later I was surprised that Sam brought up, more or less, this exact conversation.

    One down, 300 million to go.

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  19. lady z says:

    When I first saw the video I had to watch it twice to let it sink in. I cannot believe that schools actually let kids write things like that on the wall. I am sure that an adult was around when one of the sisters and her friend were verbally attacked on the bus. Why didn’t the bus driver say or do anything. Why didn’t the school janitors say anything about the pictures and words found on the walls in the bathroom. If I were in charge in that school I would have setup cameras or something to find out who was not only vandalizing school property but also writing racial slurs and derogatory words about black people. School is supposed to be your home away from home. Parents are supposed to feel safe and comfort when they send their children of to school. They should not be harassed like that. It is not only wrong but it is hurtful. This could also in turn make the girls hate or feel sometime of way about white people. It is going to be hard for them to trust and feel safe around some white people. If I were in the girls’ position I do not know what I would have done. I don’t know if I would have just complained I would have probably tried to take the stuff down from the walls. I might have even depending on how long and angry I was hanging the cracker or fuck you white mother fuckers or something I don’t know. I am proud of these girls for standing up for the problem and not giving up on the situation. It is a same though that they had to leave the school. Hopefully the problem will change. As for the administration how fucking hard is it to stop a child from saying a racial slur or derogatory word what fucking training do you possibly need? You know its wrong all you have to tell a child to do is stop. Its also illegal isn’t it. All they had to do was make an example out of one of the students and is sure by now the problem would have been history minus one or two assholes. I wish the girls luck and hope their doing better in their other school. Now for the teacher, that principal should have been fired. If you subject your teachers to that kind of hate then what hope do the students have? Then had the nerve to say it was part of culture. What fucking culture is that? What is it called badass fucking kids? The principal should have taken the time to pull out the students and punish them. That way even if they were not getting in trouble at home the parents would get the message after the child has been suspended. I am sure that even most of these bad ass kids parents would be disappointed if they knew what horrible things there child was saying to this teacher. I was brought up with manners and to respect your elders. There is a time and place for everything. Even if the kids fucking hated her, they could have saved the nasty comments for themselves. Well at least she got money for all the things that happened to her I think that the principal should be trained on how to do their job the kids should have been suspended. Anyway good luck to her hope she finds another job.

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    When I watched the first video, I was a little surprised by the amount of racism that had gone on in that high school but wasn’t in complete shock because I have seen some of those types of things written on walls at my school, definitely not nearly to the extent as the school in the video however. I think that the students doing this don’t really feel hate towards black people, it was just learned by them by their white culture. This is not an excuse for their actions; it is often appropriate to think a certain way because your thoughts are private, but it is inappropriate to act out in certain ways. I know some of my friends that talk about black people in that way but when it comes down to it, they don’t really feel any hate towards black people. A lot of times I think they’re just doing it to try to be a “true redneck” or “true hick,” which I think is completely ridiculous that people do things just to fit in to what they think they ought to be, but that’s another story. Now I’m not making excuses for the kids described in the second video who claimed that this was their culture. If you think about it, maybe it is true that this was caused by the way they were brought up. Maybe their parents and family did bring them up to think that white people are bad and are to be hated and that whites owe them something. However, as mentioned before, there is a fine line between thinking a certain way and actually acting out in hate. I know that is kind of a poor argument, but that’s the way the world is today. It is never inappropriate to think a certain way but it is often inappropriate to act a certain way. I am glad that this teacher won the case in suing the school district because it shows that black people can’t get away with things like this anymore. We often see things like this happen against white people because acts of racism have most often happened towards black people in the past. However, this time it was against a white person and I think that the blacks in this case thought they could get away with it because of past events like slavery in the US, segregation, and many of the other things that have deprived blacks of basic rights and privileges for so many years. In this case, they thought that by making up a BS excuse they could simply get away with either through the guilty feelings of the teacher or maybe through guilty feelings of a judge in a courtroom, but here they finally lost.

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  45. dont hate the player hate the game-- how is this possible says:

    Racism definitely still exists in high schools all across the country. My high school especially, currently experiences a lot of racism. Wootton High School, in Rockville, Maryland, is a high school, which is thirty percent Asian. So this comes with stereotypes such as people calling our school, “wonton.” Also people give us a hard time for being smart or nerdy, because our school wins all of the academic awards, coming from people in the Asian population. Within the school, there are many other racism type issues. A lot of people make fun of Asians for smelling bad, or being bad at sports, or not being able to open their eyes. Truthfully I think this racism happens because people are insecure with themselves, and it makes them feel better about themselves to make fun of other people. Truthfully, in our high school, they were an easy target, so people were easily attracted to make fun of them.
    It is not hard to believe that students use racist remarks towards teachers. When kids are at that adolescent age, they see people or things as targets to make fun of. Whether it’s a black kid, an Asian kid, or a white teacher who is singled out, young kids, especially boys figure out a way to instigate with them, which is usually where the racism aspect kicks in.
    In order for racism in school to end, I think there needs to be a more strict punishment for those who get caught. If a kid gets expelled for saying a racist comment to his teacher, I think it will send a message to the rest of the people in the school. That is just one example of a change that can be made to help end racism in schools.

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  47. JVC says:

    I was really wondering at first when I read the title “really…how is that possible?” This is really a stupidity from South Carolina middle school to have such crazy kids to attend the school. I think this is my first time hearing about this story. A 55 years old teacher got cursed by students age 13, 15, and 16. I was like Wow…how is that possible. I don’t know how is this school system works but I got to say that this is one of the worse school system I ever heard, especially when the teacher mentioned about how she told the principal of the school and the black principal threw such ignorant answers to her like this is how they learn from home and it will be how they behavior in school. I mean how does this work. Maybe I would say that their parents didn’t educated enough and they want their kids to get a better education than them and not end up working in a place that they don’t want to work. The other story I personally really feel bad for the two sisters. They are not as bad as they look but people just keep making a deal on it and making fun of black people or brown people. Racism is still exists everywhere in this entire world but sometimes we just can’t see it. So please and please for the people whoever keep making fun of black people or brown people because they also want to be treated equally and not being called stuffs like that. I don’t know what did they get out of it by doing such stupid things around. It’s not only the two sisters that got suffered but also lots of other people around the globe will feel the same way as them if they get to see this video. Actually I am also little bit of racist against black people but only to certain because I had this experience since I was in high school. I went to school where there were about 80 percents are black. They would always look down and make fun of other cultures such Asian, Indian and White because they knew that this was their school like a home to them so they can do whatever they want to do. But not all of them are like that because some people that I know they treated me differently from them and they really know how to joke around and not being racist. I want to go back to the middle school a little bit, they maybe still not old enough to understand and I know that at this age is going to be the most effective times of their life so why not try to teach them and show them a better understand of racism.

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  48. The black man from north dakota says:

    People are racist for various reasons. Racism is one of those things that people only have but so much control over. Many organizations, schools, and companies do the best they can to minimize racism as much as possible. Like previously mentioned in class: Aren’t we all just a little bit racist? To many, yes. Sometimes the things we may say we might not want to come off as “racist”, but some people interpret it that way. For example, someone who singles a black man out tries to defend himself by saying “I have black friends.” Or “My mom’s boyfriend/friend/third cousin, etc… is black.” Many people don’t realize that these remarks are no excuse for one’s actions. Saying these things isn’t going to make the situation any better, nor is it going to undo what was just said/done.
    In any race, I believe there is racism to some degree. I often find that those that build up true racism, have often been taught that way and been raised on it from a very young age. Often times, people’s parents influence their children’s beliefs. Many people who are racist towards blacks are often told and fed many of the common black stereotypes (ex. Black people steal, they are good at basketball, often to to prison”, etc. It is almost as if these stereotypes are engraved into their heads and this is what they think for the rest of their lives because they have been exposed to this train of thought for so long.
    Strange enough, black people aren’t excused of racism either. There are plenty of black parents out there that are opposed to a black person marrying a white person, just as much as a racist white person is opposed to their son/daughter marrying a black person. A lot of black females today are opposed to black men dating white women which is today’s phenomenon amongst the media. Many black rappers/r&b singers have almost, if not all white “video hoes” in their videos. Many black women feel threatened by white women, because they often accuse them of “taking their men”.
    The fact that a teacher is suing a school because of racism, in my opinion is stupid. If the teacher had such a problem, they should have just left their job or at least made an effort to address and take care of this matter in a different way. One’s education is not a prime factor in racism. Although these high school students were being blatantly racist, they should have been able to control it by disciplining the students effectively and should have established some type of “zero tolerance” policy in the school to control racism, instead of sitting on their asses and crying about the situation.

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