Thread by @ShreeParadkar

I spoke to Natasha Shakespeare whose daughter is wrestling with escalating anti-Blackness in the Simcoe County school system. The bullies are at school. Her daughter is not. #pushout CW: description of part of the violence in thread:
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Shakespeare’s daughter represents a disturbing explosion in anti-Black racism. Where previously concerns were about subtler forms with streaming or gifted programs, @PoBCAdvocate's Charline Grant (not in pic) says they’re all about overt racial violence. thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…

These last few days alone, a T.O. teacher showed up in Blackface for Halloween; another under lens for racial slur. In Scarborough, a Black parent told a rally his son, 9, was the victim of racist bullying,escalating hate at William G. Davis JPS.#equityed
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One parent said a boy picked up a large stone and asked his 9-year-old, “Do you see this stone?” and his son said yes. “This is your head,” said the boy and smashed it on a rock.
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Lawyer Darryl Singer who handles dozens of these cases at any given time sees a certain trajectory: staff knows. they do nothing. When the child gets fed up a year or two after being bullied and lashes back, the board's zero-tolerance policy kicks in.
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CW. Shakespeare's daughter began receiving racist notes from day 1 at a new school. She still gets texts from some students accusing her of lying. I don’t have answers for her, Shakespeare says. (N-word blurred by us)
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