feature: “berkeley high students walk out in protest of apparent lynching threat”

As The Washington Post writes, “The majority of Berkeley High School’s 3,000 students walked out of class for part of Thursday to protest a racist message discovered on a school computer a day earlier”. Between 1,500 and 2,000 students reportedly took to the street to protest, chanting “we got that unity!” and “say it loud, I’m black and I’m proud”. The SFGATE reveals: “A student at the school admitted to posting the message, which referred to the Ku Klux Klan, used derogatory language related to African Americans and threatened a “public lynching” on Dec. 9, officials said. The student, whose name was not released, acknowledged creating the post in a statement to school officials, said Berkeley school district spokesman Mark Coplan.” See some images below and CLICK HERE to read more.

By Alexander Aplerku, AFROPUNK Contributor

(Photo credit: Liz Hafalia, The Chronicle)