Alameda High School students spread distressing antisemitic images over social media
Alameda High School students have spread distressing antisemitic and racist images through social media platforms like Instagram and Twitter.
The images involved students acting out Nazi salutes, usage of the N-word and praising Hitler.
However, students and parents from the Californian school have issued complaints to the school administrators.
One of the students wrote: “Someone please explain to me when antisemitism became a joke. Glorifying and joking about something that was a traumatic and horrific thing that killed millions of people is absolutely disgusting.”
In a letter to the parents, Principal Robert Ithurburn wrote: “I cannot stress enough that this should not and cannot happen and when students do it they are either espousing a statement of hate or putting themselves into a position to be assumed to be. It is true that young people do things that they regret and that they should have an opportunity to learn from their mistakes.”
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