10 yr old commits suicide after racial bullying

[tulipsandroses]

I literally felt nauseated reading this.
Utah girl, 10, commits suicide after being bullied for being Black, autistic
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The girl’s mom, Brittany Tichenor-Cox, reached out to Davis School District several times to report that her daughter, Isabella Faith Tichenor, was bullied by classmates and her teacher for being a Black special needs student. Tichenor-Cox said school officials failed her child by allowing the harassment to foster for months without intervention

The death of the fifth-grader comes weeks after the U.S. Department of Justice outlined in a bombshell report that Davis School District administrators have intentionally ignored “serious and widespread” racial harassment in its schools for years.

https://thegrio.com/2021/11/10/utah-girl-commits-suicide/
You can read about the DOJ investigation here.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2021/10/21/serious-widespread-racial/

[GPV]

1. This should not happen

[JanMichael]

2. That is fucking awful. And preventable. Poor child. Nt

[a kennedy]

3. I hate this.....😢 😢 😢 😢 😢 😢 😢 😢 😢 😢

So so so so sad. I want to just hug and hug and hug all this kids that feel they aren’t worthy. How do we as a society quit this from happening. I know it happens, but I feel so sad it does, and wish there was more we could do.

[MustLoveBeagles]

4. That poor little girl

[SYFROYH]

5. Heartbreaking.

It’s every parents nightmare.

My 16-year old son came home from his first homecoming dance and was so proud that he danced in front of everyone - including slow dancing with boy. He had a great time.

I was so happy for him, but went to bed worrying about what his homophobic classmates would say or do the next week.

[electric_blue68]

12. Strength to you, your son ...

Hopefully it won't happen.

If it does hopefully it will be stopped.

Back in (my) college '72 (NYC on the edge of the East Village) they held their first Gay Men's Dance.

[LiberatedUSA]

6. Wasn't there a case...

…where the girlfriend told the boyfriend to kill himself, he did, then she was held liable? Could the bullies be held liable and the parents and school?

[Deuxcents]

7. 10 years old

And life is not worth living? This is so sad. Some serious lessons need to be addressed at this school n it’s community. Actually, in the country. Bullying should not be tolerated. Ever.

[malaise]

8. No words

[tishaLA]

9. and yet we've been subjected to an army of white moms

complaining about "critical race theory" throughout the media--nothing about stories like this that happen all too often across the US.

[blm]

10. 😢

[Celerity]

11. I am sobbing and raging and just raging more, sobbing more, gutted, she hung herself ffs

RIP

[electric_blue68]

13. That poor child! 😥 Strength to her mother.

My God...

[Withywindle]

14. Gutting. Devastating.

What a damning condemnation of the evil that's festering in this country. Happening in such mundane places at the hands of mundane people. "The banality of evil" indeed.


RIP little Isabella. You deserved so much better. Strength to her family, and may those responsible get what they deserve.

[maxrandb]

15. I hate to be a cynic, but the only way to push back against this

is to find what billionaire Retrumplicans donating businesses are based out of the state of Utah, and boycott the ever loving piss out of them.

Seriously, these people don't have a conscience. They don't have empathy. They are NOT going to feel sorry, or ashamed about what happened to this girl.

They are going to support white supremacists and insurrectionist Retrumplicans, as long as it is financially beneficial for them to do so