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Jilly_in_VA

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Mon Oct 11, 2021, 03:51 PM Oct 2021

Parents say Black students were beaten and spit on by white classmates

A group of parents is suing a Minnesota school system alleging that their Black children faced racist bullying and discrimination from students and staff, including racist slurs and physical attacks. One teacher allegedly cut off a student’s dreadlock and threw it in the trash, the parents say.

Kali Proctor, Katelyn Hansen, Roynetter Birgans and Desmond Gilbert are seeking monetary compensation and demanding systemic changes at Duluth Edison Charter Schools for the experiences their elementary and middle school-age children endured. The suit, filed in April 2019, details a culture of racism at the school’s Raleigh and North Star Academy campuses and school officials’ refusal to address it.

“There’s been a lot of frustrated families in the Duluth Edison community,” said Rebekah Bailey, an attorney representing the parents. “The families in this case, all they really ever wanted is for their children to be treated fairly at school. They fought long and hard to remedy their individual situations as best they could through the system. This case was only filed when they exhausted those opportunities.”

Last month, at least two dozen nonprofit advocacy groups joined to file an amicus brief in support of the children and the lawsuit after an attorney for DECS requested to have the suit dismissed. The groups include the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota, the National Women’s Law Center, and many others.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/parents-say-black-students-beaten-spit-white-classmates-rcna285

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Parents say Black students were beaten and spit on by white classmates (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 OP
The suit, filed in April 2019 elleng Oct 2021 #1
Amicus brief filed last month Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 #4
The link goes to an article from February sarisataka Oct 2021 #2
This link? Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 #3
Yes, this link goes to the correct article sarisataka Oct 2021 #5
Related in spirit? keithbvadu2 Oct 2021 #6

sarisataka

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5. Yes, this link goes to the correct article
Mon Oct 11, 2021, 04:08 PM
Oct 2021

But the one in the OP goes to a completely different article

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