A viral video has circulated of a white female student being slapped by a Black male student after she called him the N-word during school hours at Locust Grove High School.
“Racism in any shape or form isn’t okay,” Komisha Davis told Alive11.
Davis is a parent to a 15-year-old daughter that attends the Henry County, Georgia institution.
“For you to hear that your child is not safe at a place you send her to every day, that’s devastating,” Davis said. “I would like to see them not throw what they call just a word under the rug.”
Davis shared told the publication she has considered transferring her daughter out of Locust Grove after numerous racial incidents happening within the school’s halls.
“Make the kids know that it’s okay to come to school and learn and not have to be called the N-word,” Davis said.
. @HenryCountyBOE are investigating this evening after a white female student is heard in a now viral video calling a Black male student the “n” word. He’s seen on the video later slapping her. Parents say the boy was immediately punished, but the girl was not. @11AliveNews
— Dawn White (@DawnWhiteNews) April 22, 2022
The administration issued the male student with disciplinary repercussions for the slap, while the female student who agitated the incident will not face any consequences.
Unsatisfied with the school’s decision following the viral incident, a senior at Locust Grove, Layla Moreau, and her friend organized a protest to support Black students experiencing racism at the predominantly white high school.
“I’ve been called an N-word myself,” Moreau said. “We decided to take action against it because this is not the first time this has happened at that school or a school in Henry County.”
“It shouldn’t be two different treatments,” Moreau added. “Give the same treatment for everybody and not based on their skin color.”
In an effort to create a safe space for her Black peers, Moreau is organizing a program to help Black students share their concerns.
“It makes me feel bad because I don’t understand why is it that way? I love everybody. I don’t understand why everybody can’t just love each other,” Moreau said.
A spokesperson for Henry County Schools said that both students had been spoken to productively and positively following the altercation.
“We were made aware of a matter involving a student using highly inappropriate/offensive and unacceptable language toward another student, which then resulted in an altercation… School administrators were able to meet with students on Thursday in a very productive and positive way for students to express their feelings… Administrators and staff remain available to listen to and support anyone who needs it,” the spokesperson said.
