Students packed the school’s lobby, with many others overlooking the event from the second floor. A few students held signs toward the windows facing the street, some of which read, “You can’t hide the truth” and “Can you hear us now?”
, the student is shown on stage during a school costume contest, where he appears to goose-step, a marching step heavily associated with Nazi soldiers, and give a Nazi salute to a booing crowd. The video on Twitter has since gained over 450,000 views.The student behind the viral Twitter thread, Alex, whose father asked that only his son’s first name be used, said he heard about the costume from friends the day after Halloween and began asking classmates.
Last week, the Chicago Teachers Union called for Powers’ removal and students planned to stage a walkout. In an email to students and parents, Martinez acknowledged the plans of a student protest, stating CPS security and staff would be present and that students who did not return after the walkout would receive an unexcused absence.
“It’s just a cumulative buildup of every single incident of racial and ethnic misconduct and discrimination reported to admin, and they choose to ignore our concerns,” Johnson said.Gabriel Willis, a senior at Jones, said his sibling, who graduated seven years ago, witnessed the same inaction toward racist behavior.
“We’re proud to be standing up for something that we believe in is right,” Johnson said. “It’s not easy planning something of this magnitude in the short time we were allowed to do it, but we took care of it and showed up.”“I think they thought that we were going to fail,” Johnson said. “I don’t think they were expecting it to be this magnitude. But we were going to follow through with our actions.”Johnson said that Slater initiated a conversation with students.
Alex and classmate, Olivia Pinsof-Berlowitz, said the issue is bigger than any individual, including former principal Powers, emphasizing that the school’s culture has enabled racism and other discrimination.
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