'The school had pushed this under the carpet for too long.' A racist video circulating among students was the breaking point that pushed Quincy High students to walk out of classrooms this year, demanding a formal investigation and anti-bias training.
It took a lot for Justin Chan and his friends at Quincy High School to speak up. But when they saw a racist video circulating among students for a second time, Chan said they hit a breaking point. He felt the response from school administrators was disappointing.
"The school had pushed this under the carpet for too long," Chan said."And we needed to say something. We needed to let the school know that we didn’t like the way they were handling these situations." While the work to improve school culture shouldn’t fall solely on students, Manso-Brown said, they do play an important role: They’re on the ground every day and have an intimate knowledge of the student culture. And, she adds, it's important for students to feel their voices matter.
"At the end of the day, we were really trying to work with the administration," said Noel, who is now 23."We didn’t want to be seen as the troublesome Black people because we were already viewed as that." At the time, the social repercussions of speaking out were sometimes difficult, Noel and Webster-Cazeau said. The pair lost friends and faced public scrutiny, but said they don't regret taking action.
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