Bullying Against Black Students
Wisconsin’s schools are more diverse than the population of the state as a whole. For many, school is one of the few places where they will meet, get to know, and form friendships with people from different racial and ethnic backgrounds. Unfortunately, this can also lead to bullying, harassment, and even violence across racial lines in Wisconsin’s schools. Recent years have seen stories of racial bullying in cities across the state from Chippewa Falls to Greendale, Muskego to Kiel.
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Read more about bullying in Kiel: https://captimes.com/news/attack-on-critical-race-theory-ignores-bullying-of-black-student/article_48687408-d843-5549-b1af-97d7a39e9d9d.html
Read more about bullying in Monona: https://madison.com/news/local/monona-grove-student-disciplined-for-alleged-racial-harrassment/article_b131a820-5064-5f80-a583-5ab1dde52a61.html
Read more about bullying in Muskego: https://www.fox6now.com/news/muskego-hs-basketball-game-racist-incident-investigation-complete
Read more about bullying in Chippewa Falls: https://lacrossetribune.com/chp/news/local/a-discrimination-battle-how-students-and-the-aclu-fought-the-chippewa-falls-area-unified-school/article_06fc4c16-a709-11ed-8880-e70d1829c209.html
Read more about bullying Greendale: https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2019/03/25/aclu-complaint-alleges-racially-hostile-environment-greendale-schools/3248409002/
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Stand Up to Hate
A Mission for Wisconsin
Stand Up to Hate draws on real stories from across Wisconsin to educate Wisconsites about hate and hate crimes in our state. Wisconsin Humanities believes that stories and history have the power to to help people better understand their own communities and imagine possibilities for progress and change.
This project was spearheaded by Community Powered with UW-Extension’s division of Positive Youth Development and We Are Many-United Against Hate. It was sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities’ United We Stand: Connecting Through Culture initiative.
