Black students at Beverly Hills High School in Los Angeles say they experienced racism in the days leading up to the 2024 presidential election. They say a group of students carrying Trump-themed paraphernalia marched in the school on election day.

“From 8:30 to 2:30, all week being in school felt like a nightmare,” a high school senior by the name of Jurnee said during a school board meeting, according to FOX11. “What the Black students and Miss Bella had to deal with that week had nothing to do with politics. That week, [being] stormed, being called the N-word… Being shunned, all because you were black became the normal.”

She added that she has experienced “a lot of racism” at school and how it was “utterly impossible to ignore it” during the week of the election.

Teacher Bella Ivory recalled seeing students marching in front of her classroom on election day.

“It was just a mob of kids,” she said. “So many kids outside my door. One of them had a Trump flag on a pole, some of them had on MAGA hats. Some just had Trump apparel.”

Ivory said her students were upset by the incident, which interrupted her class. 

“They looked so frightened,” she added. “I said I’m not going to open the door and one of [my] students said they looked like the KKK.”

Another student said at the board meeting that he had “seen slurs scrawled across the walls of our bathrooms. Hateful rhetoric being spoken across the hall, and violent behavior toward Miss Bella and our club.”

Beverly Hills Unified School District officials say the incident is currently being investigated using audio recordings taken from Ivory’s classroom.

“We remain deeply committed to upholding a secure and conscientious setting where students can responsibly and considerately engage in the democratic process,” the district added in a statement shared with FOX11.

Beverly Hills High School says these types of gatherings won’t be allowed if they cause disruptions.

The allegations come after Donald Trump was elected president for a second time. Young voters represented a significant demographic this election. Around 41 million Gen Zers were eligible to vote this year, which included 8 million of them being first-time voters, according to Newsweek. Subsequently, Vice President Kamala Harris rallied young women around issues of abortion rights and Trump reached out to young male influencers.

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