Parents and advocates spoke out Thursday night at a Poway Unified School District meeting after learning of racist remarks reportedly made at Meadowlark Middle School.
Several Black Poway Unified students said they were called racial slurs and even got their hair pulled,
Parents and community members denounced the racism, saying that the district should take action immediately to prevent it from happening again. "My son has been called the N-word, he has been bullied, he has been degraded. He doesn't even want to come back to this school next semester, and to be honest with you, I don't know if I would bring him back up her," one parent said."When nothing is done, and things happen like this, it frustrates me to no end.Sign up for NBC San Diego newsletters.
"This father sent his child to your school so that he could learn, so that he could excel. We know he's a GATE [Gifted and Talented Education] student, right? Yes, we all acknowledge that. But the fact that this child is no longer performing well because he's been dehumanized is more than just a problem. It's systemic," another parent added.
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