Racism At School
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It was in the paper last night and on the news today. Our school only has a handful of African Americans but as the article says about 90% of the school is racial in some way...here's the article:
Apollo-Ridge students face charges for slurring blacks
By Jonathan Szish
VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH
Wednesday, April 21, 2004
KISKI TOWNSHIP -- From October to March, a group of white students at Apollo-Ridge High School allegedly shouted ethnic slurs at black classmates and walked the hallways giving each other Nazi salutes and yelling "White Power."
Kiski Township police have filed ethnic intimidation charges against two twelfth-grade students who they called the ringleaders of the group that harassed four black students, police said.
Of the roughly 500 students who attend Apollo-Ridge High School, a handful are black, police said.
Police filed the charges against Douglas L. Hancock, 19, of Cribbs Road, Clarksburg, Indiana County, and Justin S. Crissman, 18, of Old Salt Road, Kiski Township.
Hancock allegedly placed a swastika in the school auditorium; Crissman allegedly made a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) sign in the school, according to court papers. Crissman also allegedly threatened to kill a black girl, according to court papers.
Crissman, reached at home, declined comment.
Hancock, reached at home Tuesday evening, said he and Crissman are being made an example of and that the school officials' and police allegations are exaggerated.
"We've been told to stop and we stopped (in December), but other people have kept doing it and they threw it all at us," Hancock said. "I got in trouble but I don't do it now. I keep quiet."
Hancock said white students don't run around school yelling "white power" -- it's done privately and only because students know the phrase irks administrators. He said he doesn't call people racial slurs.
Hancock conceded that he made a swastika mark by repeatedly rubbing the heel of his boot on the school floor in November. He said he was given a three-day suspension for the incident.
"I accidentally made a mark, and another student said, 'Make a swastika,' and I was like, 'Oh, why not,'" Hancock said.
According to Hancock, 90 percent of the high school population is racist to some degree, but not blatantly.
"It was pretty well known throughout the day that (April 20) was Hitler's birthday," Hancock said.
Kiski Township Police Sgt. Larry Ondrizek said he doesn't think there's a race problem at Apollo-Ridge High School.
In his 32 years with the department, Ondrizek said he's never had a case like this.
"All this is, is kids hell-raising," Ondrizek said. "All this is, is the kids don't have anything to do.
"What brought the white power on or the Naziism, I have no idea. It just all of a sudden showed up. If we don't get it nipped in the bud it's going to cause more problems."
Ondrizek said he has no idea where the two men got their racist messages. He's not aware of any Klan activity or that of other racist groups in Kiski Township, he said. A state police official in Indiana said he's not aware of Klan activity in Clarksburg.
All six students allegedly involved were suspended from school, with the two ringleaders getting five-day suspensions, and the other four getting three-day suspensions, Hancock and Ondrizek said. All six have returned to school, Hancock and Ondrizek said.
Superintendent Michael Vranesevic and high school Principal Jim Thimons did not return phone calls Tuesday.
School Board President William Naser said he didn't have any detailed information because the incident never came before the board. He thought a few students were given short-term suspensions, but didn't know how many students were punished. He said no one was expelled.
Naser said he is unaware of any problems with race relations at the high school or elsewhere in the district.
Last month, the Valley News Dispatch investigated an anonymous tip about Apollo-Ridge High School students who were suspended for racial incidents. But Vranesevic wouldn't say what the incidents were.
Both Hancock and Crissman have been charged with ethnic intimidation, disorderly conduct and harassment.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for April 28 before District Justice Michael Gerheim in Leechburg.
kind of scary...
Apollo-Ridge students face charges for slurring blacks
By Jonathan Szish
VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH
Wednesday, April 21, 2004
KISKI TOWNSHIP -- From October to March, a group of white students at Apollo-Ridge High School allegedly shouted ethnic slurs at black classmates and walked the hallways giving each other Nazi salutes and yelling "White Power."
Kiski Township police have filed ethnic intimidation charges against two twelfth-grade students who they called the ringleaders of the group that harassed four black students, police said.
Of the roughly 500 students who attend Apollo-Ridge High School, a handful are black, police said.
Police filed the charges against Douglas L. Hancock, 19, of Cribbs Road, Clarksburg, Indiana County, and Justin S. Crissman, 18, of Old Salt Road, Kiski Township.
Hancock allegedly placed a swastika in the school auditorium; Crissman allegedly made a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) sign in the school, according to court papers. Crissman also allegedly threatened to kill a black girl, according to court papers.
Crissman, reached at home, declined comment.
Hancock, reached at home Tuesday evening, said he and Crissman are being made an example of and that the school officials' and police allegations are exaggerated.
"We've been told to stop and we stopped (in December), but other people have kept doing it and they threw it all at us," Hancock said. "I got in trouble but I don't do it now. I keep quiet."
Hancock said white students don't run around school yelling "white power" -- it's done privately and only because students know the phrase irks administrators. He said he doesn't call people racial slurs.
Hancock conceded that he made a swastika mark by repeatedly rubbing the heel of his boot on the school floor in November. He said he was given a three-day suspension for the incident.
"I accidentally made a mark, and another student said, 'Make a swastika,' and I was like, 'Oh, why not,'" Hancock said.
According to Hancock, 90 percent of the high school population is racist to some degree, but not blatantly.
"It was pretty well known throughout the day that (April 20) was Hitler's birthday," Hancock said.
Kiski Township Police Sgt. Larry Ondrizek said he doesn't think there's a race problem at Apollo-Ridge High School.
In his 32 years with the department, Ondrizek said he's never had a case like this.
"All this is, is kids hell-raising," Ondrizek said. "All this is, is the kids don't have anything to do.
"What brought the white power on or the Naziism, I have no idea. It just all of a sudden showed up. If we don't get it nipped in the bud it's going to cause more problems."
Ondrizek said he has no idea where the two men got their racist messages. He's not aware of any Klan activity or that of other racist groups in Kiski Township, he said. A state police official in Indiana said he's not aware of Klan activity in Clarksburg.
All six students allegedly involved were suspended from school, with the two ringleaders getting five-day suspensions, and the other four getting three-day suspensions, Hancock and Ondrizek said. All six have returned to school, Hancock and Ondrizek said.
Superintendent Michael Vranesevic and high school Principal Jim Thimons did not return phone calls Tuesday.
School Board President William Naser said he didn't have any detailed information because the incident never came before the board. He thought a few students were given short-term suspensions, but didn't know how many students were punished. He said no one was expelled.
Naser said he is unaware of any problems with race relations at the high school or elsewhere in the district.
Last month, the Valley News Dispatch investigated an anonymous tip about Apollo-Ridge High School students who were suspended for racial incidents. But Vranesevic wouldn't say what the incidents were.
Both Hancock and Crissman have been charged with ethnic intimidation, disorderly conduct and harassment.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for April 28 before District Justice Michael Gerheim in Leechburg.
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i HATE racism, sexism or in short, i just hate discrimination. in ethics today, this lad was mean about homosexuals, then he started saying i dont mean to be racist, but you know P***s ' and the teacher said how did he know that someone was Pakistanni, they may be indian, and he said well all ***** are the same colour, and started slagging them off. and the teacher went mad and threw him out of the classroom.hes going to be in trouble now. i have quite a few friends who are black, and their fun ppl to be with-they're not different. why treat somebody different because of the colour of their skin.
that said, over eher in the UK, its gone politically correct mad. like chalkboards have to be called that now, not blackboards because their worried about black ppl will be offended. when my mate isma (whos part pakistanni) heard that she was like thats mad.
i dont see much racism where i live, but i guess it can depend where you live.
that said, over eher in the UK, its gone politically correct mad. like chalkboards have to be called that now, not blackboards because their worried about black ppl will be offended. when my mate isma (whos part pakistanni) heard that she was like thats mad.
i dont see much racism where i live, but i guess it can depend where you live.
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Yeah, we have a lot of anti-white racism here too
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I'm confused as to why this was moved to bullies-oh well...ya...now today they're busting people (one of whom is my friend) for drugs-or it seems that way at least...my school is going down hill and quick...
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i hate recism so much! i just dont get why people could hate someone like that! like my mom and i were watching law and order today and some of these people were horrible! they hated jewish people and i found it offensive because 1 of my friends is jewish. i mean they tortured this woman and made fun of jewish kids and like put a message in the yearbook saying to "kill all kikes" it just disgusted me. ugh i have trouble talking about it because i get so irritated
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in my middleschool, I was in the minority (i'm Caucasian)and in my 6th grade year, I was attacked (someone chopped my hair off, it was down to my thighs, and they chopped it to my cheek bone) they never caught the actual person who cut my hair, but they caught the person who distracted me, and he said they did because i'm "a white craker and need to go where I belonged" but he wouldn't say who actually did it... I thought it was disgusting that some1 could be so cruel. Anywho, I refuse to stoop to his level, and now some of my best friends are African American. Also, I don't feel comfortable calling them "white" or "black" or "red", (hence the big words lol)
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All I could say is that its really terrible how racism is all over the place, and more and more apparent nowadays
Against Muslims and anyone looking like they're from the Middle east especially...and I mean for Americans I understand how you might be scared at first from a Muslim b/c of Sept 11 but racism is going too far. Everyone is an individual and though skin colour may be the same, beliefs and morals can vary like the colours of a rainbow spectrum.
In other words, you can't judge by skin or denomination or anything, because when we boggle down to it, it all matters upon the individual himself whether he is needed to be feared or not.
And I mean, isn't racism caused somewhat by fear...fear of another race, of another kind of person you don't understand?
Just to give a new angle, has anyone heard of the burnt Jewish school in Montreal? They burned the whole library to ashes...
Against Muslims and anyone looking like they're from the Middle east especially...and I mean for Americans I understand how you might be scared at first from a Muslim b/c of Sept 11 but racism is going too far. Everyone is an individual and though skin colour may be the same, beliefs and morals can vary like the colours of a rainbow spectrum.
In other words, you can't judge by skin or denomination or anything, because when we boggle down to it, it all matters upon the individual himself whether he is needed to be feared or not.
And I mean, isn't racism caused somewhat by fear...fear of another race, of another kind of person you don't understand?
Just to give a new angle, has anyone heard of the burnt Jewish school in Montreal? They burned the whole library to ashes...
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Originally posted by broken4ubyu@Apr 22 2004, 08:52 PM
Yeah, we have a lot of anti-white racism here too
a hella lot..
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racism... smashism... if you don't let it get into the public and you just ignore it it will go away - like the KKK. So what they still hold rallys? Oh well. Their asses will be shut the hell down if they try and kill someone.
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Originally posted by XxFoxyXx4311+Apr 30 2004, 02:50 PM--<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'<tr<tdQUOTE (XxFoxyXx4311 @ Apr 30 2004, 02:50 PM)</td</tr<tr<td id='QUOTE'<!--QuoteBegin-broken4ubyu@Apr 22 2004, 08:52 PM
Yeah, we have a lot of anti-white racism here too
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weve got a lot of white people wishing and acting like their black
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She's so big hearted
but not so remarkable
just an ordinary humble girl
expecting nothing as we may
to think it's a pretty person's worth
you are beautiful
and you'd better go show it
so go and look again
you gotta be true only if you really wanna go to the top and you really wanna win
don't believe in living normal
just to satisfy demand
Well, if you wanna get free
and if wanna get smart by the sake of your heart
you should own your lame and stand up tall
but not so remarkable
just an ordinary humble girl
expecting nothing as we may
to think it's a pretty person's worth
you are beautiful
and you'd better go show it
so go and look again
you gotta be true only if you really wanna go to the top and you really wanna win
don't believe in living normal
just to satisfy demand
Well, if you wanna get free
and if wanna get smart by the sake of your heart
you should own your lame and stand up tall
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Yeah. Can I just ignore where I'm at and walk down the street hand and hand with my gf without fear? no. Sometimes I hate the world.
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Well, sure ignore me - I'm the quarter breed (if you're slow I'm 1/4 black, 1/4 white, 1/4 native american (cherokee) and 1/4 hawiian). Don't listen to a thing I have to say babe. Go ahead.
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Then what do you propose we do about Racisim? My take is to let it be. It's not hurting me any.
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at my school its INSANE how much anti-white racism. there r alot of black people at my school, as well as white, and i think its disgusting how mean black people are. i have black friends, but mostly white friends b/c the black people here dont want nething 2 do w/ u unless ur black or u act like u r. i am not a racist in anyway. but i am disgusted w/ all the racism at my skool! i have mainly black people around my locker and i have 2 wait untill the people around my locker r through, even if i say "excuse me" they tell me 2 shut my cracker mouth and then they laugh! i was just like wut the hell, thats horrible! and then they try and say all the white people at skool are racist, when its clearly the black people. and its mainly the girls. 4 sum reason the guys r really nice. but im just amazed at all the rascidm in skools! it angers me, disgusts me, and sadens me at the same time. but yeah once again im not racist 2 ne1 of ne race.
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Originally posted by Drake Dracoli@May 5 2004, 05:14 PM
Then what do you propose we do about Racisim? My take is to let it be. It's not hurting me any.
Well, it may not be hurting you know, but it could, in future; that or it could hurt someone you care about.
couldnt have put it better myself.....
rascism needs dealing with, however minor or major the problem
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