Teacher Accused of Mailing Afro Wig, White Face Paint to Mixed-Race 2nd-Grader

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79. Here's the sad part...

I have a bad feeling that this might turn out to be a hoax perpetrated by the parents (although I don't know, just a hunch). And if so, it will be because of systemic, institutionalized racism in this country.

Hit post too quickly, picking up here...

As a gay person, I've seen this happen where gay folk claim to be the victims of a homophobic attack. But why do they do it? Because they've been victims of homophobic attacks - some micro-aggressions, some more overt - and society did nothing. Most of us deal with that. But some folks are fragile. They've been abused too many times. So they lash out, they stage an attack that is so weird, so horrific, it can't be ignored. And it isn't. People respond in horror, as we're seeing on this thread. But then... it turns out to be a hoax. And now everything is even worse.

I hope that isn't the case here. Especially for the sake of the little boy. But if it is, it's because a parent felt so powerless, they felt they had to do this.