Rash of racist school incidents demand administrators act quickly

Although racist incidents had been a frequent occurrence on school campuses long before Donald Trump won the presidency, his election prompted a rash of cases in which students have used white supremacist language against their classmates. In many of these cases, they also invoked Trump’s name or campaign messages.

Administrators and teachers have been grappling with how to address this outbreak, and how to send a message that racist messages aren’t acceptable at their schools. Many school districts sent out statements opposing any kind of hateful rhetoric at their schools, contacted police, and promised swift disciplinary action. Some of the schools said they will have discussions and assemblies about why racist and xenophobic statements are unacceptable....
https://thinkprogress.org/administrators-are-struggling-to-deal-with-a-wave-of-racist-school-incidents-75833f94b98c#.kyo42zaqs