Racism Problem At Marysville High School?

“We moved here in 2004 in March. A little boy walked up to my daughter and said, ‘I’m going to hang you from a tree,‘“ Taylor said.

Taylor is African-American. Her daughter DaNeshia Isbell has been suspended twice this year after getting into fights and shouting matches with white students who call her all types of names.

The latest happened this week after a white male student called her a silver-backed monkey and an ape and told her she should go back to Africa.

“Me and him were going back and forth again, like cussing each other out, so he lifted up his shirt and showed this tattoo of a swastika—like this big red swastika,“ she said.

Isbell admitted that she used foul language during the altercation and the school said she was also using racial slurs.

The male student also had disciplinary action taken against him and police were called because of the swastika.

Isbell also has a phone message she received in January. more

Student Tattoo Violates Dress Code, Students Punished

Marysville Schools Superintendent Larry Zimmerman said Friday that racial slurs exchanged between students were grounds enough for punishment, but then a tattoo sparked a controversy. During a racially-charged argument involving two students, a white boy and a black girl, Zimmerman said the male student lifted his shirt to reveal a tattoo, 10TV's Glenn McEntyre reported.
Police said that tattoo was of a swastika, McEntyre reported.
"They both exchanged racial slurs," Zimmerman said. "One of them, as an exchange from that, basically showed a tattoo that was racial in nature."
The argument happened Wednesday at Marysville High School, McEntyre reported.
The district's student conduct code mandates student dress, which includes that tattoos, should not be offensive or intimidating, McEntyre reported.
Zimmerman said if the tattoo had remained covered, there would be no investigation, but revealing the tattoo violated that policy and prompted him to pass the case onto police for review.
"The tattoo itself becomes a violation because it was exposed to us," Zimmerman said. "If it's covered, as it was normally, that's an issue between that family."
The Union County Prosecutor said he will investigate to determine whether this is a case of ethnic intimidation, but said he is waiting on more information from police before making that decision, McEntyre reported. more