Video of a student at Fairfield Ludlowe High School, in Fairfield, Connecticut using racial slurs has gone viral, according to the school, and staff members are meeting with students about race, discrimination, the impact hateful language has and the dangers of social media.
News 12 reports that the 10-second video shows a Ludlowe student doing a mock cheer that used a slur for Fairfield Ward High School, a rival school.
A notice on the school website says one student recorded another who used “hateful language targeting black individuals and Warde students” and posted it on Snapchat. Then another person shared it and yet another posted it on Instagram. From there it went viral.
“This highlights once again for students the dangers of posting anything online that you wouldn’t want your family, teachers, college admissions officers, or future employers to see,” the statement on the school website says. “Most importantly, we continue to work with our students to address the impact of the hateful language that was expressed.”
The school said it will conduct an advisory session for all grades, asking students to reflect on their own comfort levels in talking about race and discrimination, identify important lessons from what happened and identify ways to improve acceptance in the school community.
“We are asking our students to commit themselves to helping our town and our friends at (Fairfield) Warde know that we don’t want to be defined by this incident, but would rather be known by our words and deeds as a school community that lives by our values of Fellowship and Acceptance,” the statement says.
