A Nebraska grade-schooler in Nebraska has been experiencing repeated racist attacks from another student — but his parents are unable to get the buly dealt with, according to a report.
Imari Adoukonou, a third-grader at Falling Waters Elementary School in Gretna, said the other boy asked him to spell the N-word and told him "that's what you are." He said his tormentor has allegedly kneed him twice in the groin and called him a racial slur, reported WOWT-TV.
“It hasn’t stopped since the school year started,” Imari said. “He’s probably not going to stop now.”
The 8-year-old said he's “frustrated, mad [and] angry" about the situation, and his mother shared a recording of a phone call between her and Gretna superintendent Travis Lightle in which he explained why he wouldn't remove the other boy from class.
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“How do we help him [Imari] get through these situations?" the superintendent said, according to the recording. "We can’t just keep removing children. We want to help Imari in any way we can.”
Bullying is among the 16 violations that are grounds for mandatory classroom reassignment, according to the district’s student discipline policy, and Imari's parents said they would ask the school board to intervene.
“Right now it’s our job to advocate for him,” said Imari’s mother, "and the other kids that are experiencing the same thing.”
Lightle declined to tell the TV station whether the other boy had been disciplined for the alleged bullying, saying privacy laws prevent him from sharing that information.
