White students find it’s not a good idea to post racist videos screaming n-word

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A group of students at a North Texas school have been punished for posting a racist video repeatedly saying the n-word.

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On Monday the Southlake Caroll students learned their fate after a video of their racist taunts went viral over the weekend. According to the Star-Telegram, administrators met with the students involved and their parents and later released this statement:

“Due to confidentiality laws, the district will not share the consequences handed down to students per the Student Code of Conduct,” said Julie Thannum, the district’s assistant superintendent for board and community relations, in an email Monday. “But I can say they are being consistently applied.”

The video showed a group of white teenage girls chanting the n-word and it was posted to Facebook last Friday night. Administrators worked with parents to get the video taken down, but as it goes with social media, it was captured by others and now lives on forever on the net.

When the school learned of the video they sent out an email acknowledging its existence saying it was “aware of an inappropriate video that was posted publicly on social media by some Southlake teens and circulated online this week.”

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They also said the video “has become an issue that we as a district and a community must address.”

“We are extremely disappointed that any of our students would be involved in making a video involving a racial slur,” according to the school statement.

“It’s a tough social media world out there for our kids, for sure,” according to the statement. “But as Dragons, we are better than this. We must value and respect everyone and avoid any actions that promote racism or hate speech.”

The outlet reports that the school handbook notes that any student who engages in racially motivated harassment or disrupting the school environment, can suffer consequences ranging from a required parent meeting to suspension.