New York – New York City school officials are warning principals to be on the lookout for bullying of West African students after two brothers from Senegal reported being taunted with chants of “Ebola.”
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Administrators met Monday with the father of the brothers, whose homeland is outside the region hardest hit by the deadly virus. The city’s Department of Education issued a statement afterward saying it was working to discourage bullying and dispel misinformation about how Ebola can spread.
An advocacy group for African immigrants claimed that the brothers, ages 11 and 13, also were jumped and beaten during the incident on Friday afternoon at a Bronx middle school. But school officials said there were no serious injuries and police never got involved.
smart bullies – if they suspect ebola make sure to beat them up to come in contact with possible blood etc
Anyone caught engaging in such racist bullying should be made to go over to Liberia and work for 30 days in the Ebola wards assisting those suffering in the epidemic. Alternatively, they would have the choice of serving 30 days at Rikers Island. Its incredible to believe that even teenagers could be so cruel and thoughtless. The only appropriate punishment is to make them suffer.