About 1,000 students walked out of their Illinois high school on Tuesday after four male pupils wore blackface and made derogatory comments in videos posted to social media, school officials say
The posts showed four white students wearing blackface and their Homewood-Flossmoor High School sweatshirts, according to CNN affiliate WLS. Another video also showed them going through a fast-food drive-through making disparaging remarks about African-American girls, WLS reported.In protest of the videos and what they said was an underwhelming school response, students walked out of class at noon for several minutes and marched down the street.
Our students were amazing and conducted themselves in a very peaceful and orderly manner," Superintendent Von Mansfield and Principal Jerry Lee Anderson said.In the short term, the school said it will be meeting for an"interactive conversation" with students on Wednesday. Longer term, the school leadership said a recent strategic plan includes diversity and cultural competency training for all staff and students.
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