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Black students were called the n word, said “you are my slave” by other students, and said their skin was dirty or “looked like feces” on several occasions. Meanwhile, Asian American students have been called insults and urged to “return to China,” the report said.
The school district was aware of the harsh environment and documents showed records of at least 212 incidents in which black students were called the n-word in 27 schools between 2015 and 2020, according to the Justice Department.
But district officials often ignored complaints, dismissed them, and at times “told black and Asian American students not to be so sensitive or made excuses for harassing students that they didn’t. were not trying to be racist, “” the DOJ reports.
“We have a lot of work to do. We’re not happy with what we’re reading. We would like to think it’s not us but it’s us. We have to really work hard,” Williams told KSTU.
As a result of the investigation, the Davis School District signed a settlement with the Department of Justice. The district agreed to many changes, including the creation of additional training for staff to investigate and respond to racial harassment, the creation of a new equal opportunities department, and the development of an electronic system to receive and manage reports of racial harassment and discrimination.
“The pervasive racial harassment and other forms of racial discrimination in public schools violate the Constitution’s most basic promise of equal protection,” said Kristen Clarke, deputy attorney general of the civil rights division of the agency. “This agreement will help generate the institutional change necessary to ensure the safety of Black and Asian American students. We look forward to Davis demonstrating to his students and his school community that he will no longer tolerate racial discrimination in his communities. schools. ”
Teachers and staff chose not to intervene
The students told investigators that staff members ridiculed students in front of their peers, retaliated against those who reported harassment and approved of stereotypes, according to the Justice Department.
A complaint reviewed by the DOJ says a teacher singled out a Latino student and taunted him for working in a taco truck, even when the student wasn’t working there.
The results indicate that several teachers admitted to investigators hearing students use racial epithets but did not report it to administrators.
There are approximately 73,000 students enrolled in the district. Black and Asian American students each make up about 1% of the student body.
Investigators found that black students were punished harsher than white students for similar offenses during the 2017-18 and 2018-19 school years.
“In several cases, black students have been excluded from the classroom by suspensions inside or outside the school while their white peers received a lecture,” according to the Justice Department report.
The complaint cited at least two previous incidents involving other students dating back to September 2017.
