"HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF) - A recent report indicated 80% of childhood racial abuse occurred at school.
That same study examined over 5,000 5th graders in Birmingham, Los Angeles , and Houston and found that a high percentage of students who experience this abuse were more likely to suffer from depression even as adults.
'Charles', whose identity we agreed to conceal, grew up in Athens and attended school there in the 1980's.
He said his problems began at eight years old on the school bus.
He lived in the mostly white school district but other black students were being bused in.
'Why are you not on the nigger bus? This is our bus,' Charles said students would taunt him.
He said the harassment, which included unrelenting verbal assaults and name calling eventually escalated to violence."
That same study examined over 5,000 5th graders in Birmingham, Los Angeles , and Houston and found that a high percentage of students who experience this abuse were more likely to suffer from depression even as adults.
'Charles', whose identity we agreed to conceal, grew up in Athens and attended school there in the 1980's.
He said his problems began at eight years old on the school bus.
He lived in the mostly white school district but other black students were being bused in.
'Why are you not on the nigger bus? This is our bus,' Charles said students would taunt him.
He said the harassment, which included unrelenting verbal assaults and name calling eventually escalated to violence."