{"id":36339,"date":"2023-09-26T21:03:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T01:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=36339"},"modified":"2023-09-26T21:03:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T01:03:51","slug":"racial-bullying-allegations-at-babcock-ranch-high-school-prompt-naacp-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/09\/26\/racial-bullying-allegations-at-babcock-ranch-high-school-prompt-naacp-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"Racial bullying allegations at Babcock Ranch High School prompt NAACP demand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A student at Babcock Ranch High School says a video posted to social media is proof she\u2019s the victim of racial attacks and bullying by her classmates and teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><div id=\"Brid_95774619\" class=\"brid\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> $bp(\"Brid_95774619\", {\"id\":\"21403\",\"width\":\"657\",\"height\":\"370\",\"video\":\"1418496\",\"autoplay\":0,\"shared\":true});<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students involved in the attacks posted the video to social media.&nbsp;They also posted memes of the student picking cotton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lee County Branch of the NAACP is calling for swift action against the school\u2019s principal.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/NAACP_seal.svg.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33837\" style=\"width:215px;height:215px\" width=\"215\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/NAACP_seal.svg.png 800w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/NAACP_seal.svg-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/NAACP_seal.svg-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/NAACP_seal.svg-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/NAACP_seal.svg-250x250.png 250w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grace Clay, 16, said she\u2019s been bullied by her teammates and classmates, oftentimes writing derogatory words on the class whiteboard.&nbsp;&nbsp;She\u2019s been hit with pillows and called the n-word as her classmates told her to go pick cotton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The video shows girls in a hotel room romping around, saying, \u201cShe didn\u2019t go pick her cotton this morning,\u201d followed by laughter. One girl shouts the word racism, and another says, \u201cGet the black one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clay described the pillow beating she took from volleyball teammates who belittled her during an away game inside the hotel room they were staying in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The video was posted to social media immediately after.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A student at Babcock Ranch High School says a video posted to social media is proof she\u2019s the victim of racial attacks and bullying by her classmates and teachers. 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