I Alaina Sanders am a Black senior at Environmental Charter High School (ECHS) who is making it an effort to advocate that schools target slurs regarding race/ethnicity, gender, & sexual orientation to make a safe and welcoming environment for all.
I’m doing this because there is an excessive amount of non-black students on my campus ofECHS that choose to use the N-Word without having a second thought about how it affects others around them. I and my fellow Black peers/ allies in Black Student Union (BSU) feel uncomfortable hearing the word on campus and wish to put an end to its use on campus. I am aiming to do this by holding students accountable for their speech by enforcing the campus slur policy.
I’m doing this because there is an excessive amount of non-black students on my campus ofECHS that choose to use the N-Word without having a second thought about how it affects others around them. I and my fellow Black peers/ allies in Black Student Union (BSU) feel uncomfortable hearing the word on campus and wish to put an end to its use on campus. I am aiming to do this by holding students accountable for their speech by enforcing the campus slur policy.