Link: 6 suspended over racist texts about black class president
Six Massachusetts high school students were suspended after they allegedly sent racist text messages in a group chat mocking their newly elected black senior class president.
The Lowell High School students used the N-word, referred to lynching and joked about rallying to "rule out blacks" to make their school "great again" in their conversation after 18-year-old Anye Nkimbeng was voted into office.
"I was sad and heartbroken," the rattled teen told Fox 25.
The group chat, titled "We Love Black People," among about a dozen students went viral this week after the Tuesday election.
"F--- black people," one student wrote.
"Rule out blacks and #MakeLHSgreatagain," another said.
"That's why class of 2017 is the best. We'll be the first class in years to have a white president," another student wrote.
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Anye Nkimbeng, 18, said he was hurt after he read the racist group text mocking him after he won the senior class president race.
One of the teens used the N-word to mock Nkimbeng's graduation speech, which he said would have black people on their feet twerking.
"Yo my n----- this year was mad lit my n----- ayyeeee 3hunna," the student wrote. "Every black person in our grade are standing up yelling AYEEEE and twerking."
School officials called the incident "regrettable" and apologized to Nkimbeng's family during a press conference Friday.
"The vile and despicable comments that have come to light during this investigation will not be tolerated now or in the future," Lowell City Manager Kevin Murphy said.
The texts also included a comment about lynching, though the context is unclear, Nkimbeng's father told Fox.
"When I heard that word lynched, I was numb and cold and frozen because I know what that word means and the implication," he said.
The students were suspended but have not been charged with a crime. Police Superintendent William Taylor said the comments were "disturbing" but didn't amount to a criminal offense.
A hurt Nkimbeng said he has decided to focus on his job and brush off the hateful remarks.
"My first thing is to start with the school trying to bring our class back together," he said.
Six Massachusetts high school students were suspended after they allegedly sent racist text messages in a group chat mocking their newly elected black senior class president.
The Lowell High School students used the N-word, referred to lynching and joked about rallying to "rule out blacks" to make their school "great again" in their conversation after 18-year-old Anye Nkimbeng was voted into office.
"I was sad and heartbroken," the rattled teen told Fox 25.
The group chat, titled "We Love Black People," among about a dozen students went viral this week after the Tuesday election.
"F--- black people," one student wrote.
"Rule out blacks and #MakeLHSgreatagain," another said.
"That's why class of 2017 is the best. We'll be the first class in years to have a white president," another student wrote.
Anye Nkimbeng, 18, said he was hurt after he read the racist group text mocking him after he won the senior class president race.
One of the teens used the N-word to mock Nkimbeng's graduation speech, which he said would have black people on their feet twerking.
"Yo my n----- this year was mad lit my n----- ayyeeee 3hunna," the student wrote. "Every black person in our grade are standing up yelling AYEEEE and twerking."
School officials called the incident "regrettable" and apologized to Nkimbeng's family during a press conference Friday.
"The vile and despicable comments that have come to light during this investigation will not be tolerated now or in the future," Lowell City Manager Kevin Murphy said.
The texts also included a comment about lynching, though the context is unclear, Nkimbeng's father told Fox.
"When I heard that word lynched, I was numb and cold and frozen because I know what that word means and the implication," he said.
The students were suspended but have not been charged with a crime. Police Superintendent William Taylor said the comments were "disturbing" but didn't amount to a criminal offense.
A hurt Nkimbeng said he has decided to focus on his job and brush off the hateful remarks.
"My first thing is to start with the school trying to bring our class back together," he said.
By mentioning lyching in regards to a black student
