DENVER — While speaking to the Denver City Council about plans for a yurt at Monarch Montessori of Denver , two young students were targeted by a racist rant from another attendee watching via Zoom .
However, the students' prepared speeches were stopped abruptly by a racist rant that was broadcast over the council speakers through the meeting's Zoom call.Children targeted by racist rant during Denver City Council meeting Brandon Richard 6:47 PM, May 14, 2024 The students' teacher, Giovanni Breaux, was standing at the podium alongside the girls.
"I don't know how else to say it — they were pumped. They were like,"We're going to go back. I'm going to grow up, I'm going to be a judge. I want to work in government,"" Breaux said, smiling. “All of us had the same reaction when the girls were like that, just showing that feeling of being empowered. We were all like,"Yeah, that's what Monarch is about.
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