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Texas 9th Grade Students ‘Auction’ Black Peers As ‘Slaves’
What Year Is This???
Please look at a calendar and confirm, for yourself, that this is the month of May in the year 2021. Got that?
Now, consider this: A number of ninth grade students in Aledo, Texas — a town of roughly 3,000 a bit west of Fort Worth — recently, a mere few weeks ago, set up an ‘auction’ in a Snapchat group where classmates of color were offered for sale. Prices ranged, according to the Forth Worth Star-Telegram, from $1 to $100.
When school authorities found out about the auction, they demanded it be shut down, and participating students have been “disciplined”.
WHAT??
They weren’t instantly expelled?
The paper went on:
“The Aledo Independent School District learned of an incident where students at the Daniel Ninth Grade Campus cyberbullied and harassed other students based on their race, according to a statement from Superintendent Dr. Susan Bohn. The district started an investigation that involved law enforcement.
“The district did not specify what the incident involved and said administrators learned about it more than two weeks ago. Local activists told the Star-Telegram that a group of students set up the slave auction. A screenshot provided to the Star-Telegram showed a Snapchat group with various names, including “Slave Trade” and another name…
