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Students and alumni press SFUSD for action after racist display at Lowell High

San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education · February 23, 2016
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Summary

Black Student Union members and alumni told the school board they staged a walkout over racist images and microaggressions at Lowell High School and presented a list of demands including more African American staff, mandatory ethnic studies and a community center; community leaders urged a task force to address trauma and accountability.

A large group of Lowell High School students, alumni and community members pressed the San Francisco Unified School District board on Feb. 16 to address what they called ongoing racism and microaggressions at the historic campus.

Members of Lowell’s Black Student Union described a viral incident that they said was the final straw in a pattern of discrimination and detailed examples ranging from derogatory senior-yearbook categories to classroom comments and social-media posts. Students told the board the school’s initial responses had felt…

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