A Black student attending the International School of Indiana has chosen to leave the school after experiencing multiple instances of racism.
The racist attacks against 15-year-old Gabby Portis have escalated to the point where her mother decided to remove her from the school. This being her last week, Portis’ mother, Brittany Graves, asked the school to allow her to attend virtually, which they denied.
Portis said she hears non-Black students use the N-word constantly, and she has been present when it was directed toward Black students. Another time a student asked Portis for money for the vending machine, to which another student responded, “Why would you ask her for some money? She’s Black. Black people don’t have any money.”
“A meme that I got sent (showed) a picture of someone holding a cotton plant and under it was (the words) ‘When you ask a black girl to prom,'” Portis says of another disturbing incident.
When Graves found out what her daughter was experiencing, she brought it to the principal’s attention. The principal brushed off the seriousness of the matter and offered Portis counseling. Graves felt the other kids needed counseling, not her daughter.
Some students have been suspended over the attacks, but they continued as soon as they returned to school. Graves says the suspensions are insufficient, and she feared for Portis’ safety.
“The International School of Indiana (ISI) is an inclusive, diverse, and respectful community. ISI does not tolerate racial intolerance or other discriminatory conduct and takes reports of such alleged misconduct very seriously,” Elizabeth Head, the head of the school, said to WISH-TV. “Such reports are investigated promptly and thoroughly in order to gain a complete understanding of what allegedly happened. After investigating, ISI takes firm and appropriate steps to remedy and address any misbehavior. The nature of those steps depends upon the severity of what occurred.”
The school declined to comment on any specific situations regarding students.
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