{"id":736,"date":"2022-12-14T18:59:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T00:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cooper-for-all.local\/?p=736"},"modified":"2023-03-27T10:45:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T15:45:20","slug":"west-texas-parents-are-suing-their-schools-over-racism-as-others-demand-action-over-antisemitic-bullying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooper-for-all.local\/news\/west-texas-parents-are-suing-their-schools-over-racism-as-others-demand-action-over-antisemitic-bullying\/","title":{"rendered":"West Texas parents are suing their schools over racism as others demand action over antisemitic bullying"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
By Jayme Lozano<\/a> from texastribune.org<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Parents, full of anger and disbelief, have confronted school leaders in the Lubbock area over a series of racist and antisemitic incidents in several schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In total, four separate incidents have come to light in recent weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two episodes \u2014 both involving Black students targeted in constant bullying by their peers and inaction by school officials, parents say \u2014 have led to separate federal civil rights lawsuits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the heart of the two lawsuits is the pain parents say their children have endured as a result of months of constant and violent bullying \u2014 including an Instagram account that posted photos of Black students from a Lubbock middle school with racist captions, and racial discrimination by school officials against students at the high school in Slaton, about 17 miles south of Lubbock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A third South Plains school district \u2014 Roosevelt ISD \u2014 had a parent file a federal complaint against them for racial discrimination by school officials. There, a mother took her daughter out of school after she claims school officials targeted her child for undue disciplinary actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, a threatening antisemitic petition was passed around by a student at another Lubbock middle school. Parents say they are disappointed the school hasn\u2019t had a strong response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n