Soooo, what's in the news...? Sigh... just saw this article:
Asian Youths Suffer Harassment in Schools
a passage from the article:
At his school, Lafayette High in Brooklyn, Chinese immigrant students like him are harassed and bullied so routinely that school officials in June agreed to a
Department of Justice consent decree to curb alleged "severe and pervasive harassment directed at Asian-American students by their classmates." Since then, the Justice Department credits Lafayette officials with addressing the problem — but the case is far from isolated.
Nationwide, Asian students say they're often beaten, threatened and called ethnic slurs by other young people, and school safety data suggest that the problem may be worsening. Youth advocates say these Asian teens, stereotyped as high-achieving students who rarely fight back, have for years borne the brunt of ethnic tension as Asian communities expand and neighborhoods become more racially diverse.
Glad I didn't have to go through that. But yeah, it does seem like there's gonna be some sorta clashing on this for some time to come. Especially with many of the fobby asian kids that come over and act really differently from people here. Ah well. We'll see if the problem gets worse.
