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At Peck Slip School, students and staff are expected to follow four basic rules: be safe, be kind, be helpful, and be your best – all of which they’ve failed to demonstrate toward two Black children.
Founder and CEO of FinTech startup Bckers, Inc., Amos Winbush, moved to Manhattan with the idea his children would be guaranteed a positive education experience. Instead, his 10-year-old daughter and 5-year-old son have come home with stories of racist threats and acts of violence toward them. Now the school and the NY Department of Education are facing a lawsuit.
Mr. Winbush tells The Root each of his children has been experiencing racial bullying since 2019. His daughter, he says, often came home complaining of her peers making comments about her looking “dirty” or comparing her to “poop” because of her skin color. Once, Winbush says she was forced to apologize for taking a toy back that was initially stolen from her by another student. Read more
