Students at a high school in Red Wing, Minnesota brought school spirit to new lows with a “Wigger Wednesday” dress-up day tradition, according to a lawsuit filed against the school district.
Quera Pruitt, a Red Wing high school alumna, is suing the school district and administrators over creating a hostile and racist educational environment.
Here’s what happened: Students during the 2008 and 2009 homecoming celebrations wore “oversized sports jerseys, low-slung pants, baseball bats cocked to the side and ‘doo rags’ on their heads,” according to the suit. About 60 or 70 students took what was supposed to be “tropical day” and turned it into “wigger day,” the suit claims. To the unfamiliar, and as the case points out, the term “wigger” is a derogatory term for a white person who emulates African-American culture.
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