Racism On Campus
An incident of hatred and racism has occurred at St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire. Black students at St. Paul’s prep-school campus received threatening messages.
The New York Times reports that “each student has received a copy of his own photo from the school’s internal face book with the words “bang bang get out of here” written below.”
Bill Matthews, the rector of St. Paul’s, convened a special assembly to discuss the mailing with students on Tuesday and sent e-mail messages to their parents. About 525 students attend St. Paul’s, and, according to the school’s Web site, 8 percent, or about 40, are black. The students are in 9th through 12th grades.
The paper also quotes Bill Matthews, the rector of St. Paul’s, addressing to the parents of students who have got threatening letters.
“It is an outrage,” Mr. Matthews wrote to parents, “and while only some were threatened directly, we all have been wounded by this. I shared with our children this evening that, unfortunately, there is hatred in our world. Some of that hatred arrived on our doorstep today. I am confident, however, that the loving and supportive qualities of this community are stronger than that hatred, and will prevail.”
Concord police started their investigation last Tuesday, but no other details have yet been released.
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