Black Students At Georgia High School Suspended For Protesting After White Students Wave Confederate Flag

Black students have been suspended from their high school in Georgia for planning a protest after white students came to school waving a Confederate flag.

Last week, a group of white students at Coosa High School in Rome, Georgia, were recorded waving a Confederate flag and yelling racial slurs. The four white students were waving the flag to celebrate “farm day” for the school’s spirit day.

The school reportedly never reprimanded the white students, so in response, some of the school’s Black students gathered in protest to bring the issue to light. Instead of defending the students against the white students’ racist behavior, the school administration punished the Black students by suspending them. None of the white students were disciplined.

Before the students protested, the administration said those who participated would be penalized.

“The administration is aware of tomorrow’s planned protest,” the administrator said over the intercom, The Hill reports.” Police will be present here at school, and if students insist on encouraging this kind of activity, they will be disciplined for encouraging unrest.”

The story is still developing.