The student’s mom says a group of white students allegedly told her fifth-grade son, who is half Asian, that he couldn’t sit with them.
An after-school game took a troubling turn last Tuesday at Lyles Crouch Traditional Academy in Alexandria. Mom Kathryn Kelley says a group of white students allegedly told her fifth-grade son, who is half Asian, that he couldn’t sit with them. “ saying that mixed race kids had to sit at a table that was away from the white kids, and then African American and Black kids had to sit even further,” Kelley told News4.
This is certainly a challenge in educating our students and one that we must be keenly aware of when difficult topics are presented.” Kelley feels there are steps that should have been taken. “When kids are learning these things, like about segregation, learning about the history of white supremacy in the U.S. -- they have to learn that, they need to learn that, but it’s not a game, and they need to learn the seriousness of these things.
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