‘Was So Overwhelmed with All the Comments’:  Black Vermont Student Who Was Bombarded with Racist Bullying, Compared to a ‘Chimpanzee’ and ‘Runaway Slave’ Wins $175K Settlement

‘Was So Overwhelmed with All the Comments’:  Black Vermont Student Who Was Bombarded with Racist Bullying, Compared to a ‘Chimpanzee’ and ‘Runaway Slave’ Wins $175K Settlement

The family of a Black Rwandan American student who faced racial slurs and persistent racial harassment at his Woodstock, Vermont middle school won a $175,000 settlement to resolve his case against the school district, which failed to intervene on his behalf, according to the investigation report of the Vermont Human Rights Commission. It’s the largest individual settlement for a school-based racial discrimination claim in the history of the comm…

‘I had to shut down’: Student who endured persistent racism at Woodstock school wins settlement against district, supervisory union

"He was called the N-word. His head was compared to a chimpanzee’s skull. A banana was waved at him with comments about him looking like he needed it." Click here for the VTDigger story