A Catholic high school in Chicago has apologized after a video circulated of students kneeling during a Spanish language song played at the school's homecoming dance.
Marist High School said an investigation found that kneeling was not isolated to one song, but it acknowledged students "were hurt by these actions."A Catholic high school in Chicago apologized after a video circulated of students kneeling during a Spanish-language song played at the school's homecoming dance.
The school then issued a follow-up statement saying,"We acknowledge and apologize for the hurt this incident has caused our students, staff, alumni, and the many others who have expressed their feelings related to the video posted on social media." “Although these are the facts, we recognize there are still students at Marist who viewed this video or who were at the Homecoming dance that were hurt by these actions,” the school said. “Marist is a family, and when one of us hurts, we all hurt. The fact that there were students who left the homecoming dance hurt by what they witnessed shows us that there is work to do.”
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