Friday, June 16, 2023

10-Year-Old’s Stand on Racism Stuns Redmond, Oregon Council Meeting

After Evelyn thanked citizens for their support, other members of the community took to the dais. However, it was 10-year-old Gavin who shook the room into unprecedented applause. 

"Why should us Black people suffer from racism when there are other races doing murders and [robberies] when us Black people are showing respect and [are] kind, but we still get treated like crap," he said. "We should not have to get treated like this." 

Gavin, who is in the fourth grade, detailed his traumatizing racial experiences in school. He said he has repeatedly been called racial slurs and equated to a monkey, a racist caricature of Black people. 

"One girl said to me, 'I would hit you, but that's called animal abuse,'" Gavin claimed. "We should not get treated like this," he added. "We should get treated equally. This is not fair to us Black people." …


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