In a abstruse abbreviation of bare that incited a federal class-action lawsuit, a Minnesota academy collective acclimatized accepting to ascendancy an actionable Homecoming blow declared “Wigger Wednesday” at Red Wing High Academy in 2009. The suit alleges that some 60 accepting came to academy that day acid “oversized sports jerseys, low-slung pants, baseball hats apish to the accessory and ‘doo rags'” and “mimick[ed] atramentous culture.” More from Huffington Post:
The plaintiff, aloft Red Wing High School amateur Quera Pruitt, an African American, claims that the school’s abbreviation of activity acquired her “severe affecting anguish including depression, blow of sleep, stress, crying, humiliation, anxiety, and shame.”…
Pruitt’s attorney, Joshua Williams, says her ancestors hoped the chance would be addressed after “Wigger Day” 2008. While it was never an officially-sanctioned academy event, the ancestors credible “Wigger Wednesday” was something of a tradition.
After the 2009 incident, “[Pruitt's] mom came up to the school, attempted to adeptness out to the academy board, the superintendent, and the principal, but Red Wing’s acceptance was about to abuttals this below the rug and act like it didn’t happen,” Williams told The Huffington Post.
According to Williams, Pruitt became depressed, abandon the cheerleading squad, larboard amateur council, skipped her arch affray and even brash bottomward out of school.
Students at Red Wing aswell declared the day “Wangsta Day,” and created a Facebook group for the event. The collective denies allegations that it created a racially adverse ambiance and has declared that it “looks forward” to its advocacy in court.
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