We knew kids in middle school were cruel, but these students in Texas took it too far.
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Justin Howard, a seventh-grader at Tomball Junior High School, said that he is a victim of routine bullying and racial taunting, including an incident involving a fake invitation to a KKK birthday party in his honor.
According to his mother, Tahiyyah Howard, Justin has been harassed by a group of white students who bullied him because he is black.
“I’m just, really, you know, sick of it,” Howard said. “A girl wrote on the board ‘Black Justin’ and my son was really upset.”
“[They] put it on his desk and said that he was invited to a KKK birthday party with lots of fun and games,” said Howard, who has not sought action outside the school.
Tomball school officials said the students were disciplined, but claim that Justin never actually saw the note.
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“Two Tomball Junior High students left a note for a third student that referenced the Ku Klux Klan,” school district spokeswoman Staci Stanfield said in a statement. “The teacher picked up the note before the intended recipient could see it. The campus administrators were notified and took proactive steps by contacting the parent of the intended recipient to inform the parent of the situation.
“The behavior of the two students who wrote the note is not acceptable. Both students who left the note were disciplined according to the District’s Student Code of Conduct,” she added.
But Justin’s mother isn’t satisfied.
“They [the students] need to know that there are consequences and not just one-day suspension where they can go home and play video games all day. I think the parents should teach their kids that being racist or bullying is not OK, no matter if you’re playing around or just being mean. It’s just not OK.”
We agree…a conversation about bullying and race is clearly overdue in this school and town!
SOURCE: ABC
