Racist Image Of Doctored Rio Americano High School Website Sparks FBI, Sacramento Sheriff Investigation
The FBI and the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department are investigating a fake image of a racist post on the Rio American High School website, which was sent via phone to some students last week.
A screenshot of the altered Rio Americano web page was shared last Wednesday and included a post that with the headline “District-Wide High School No Black People Policy.” It also claimed members of the Klu Klux Klan would be patrolling the school.
Levias Taylor's son is a student at Rio Americano. He brought the fake post to her attention after it was forwarded to him by a friend.
"Completely infuriating, upsetting, hurtful,” she said of the post. “A lot of emotions just kind of ran through my mind at that particular point being that I have two black students that attend the school.”
Taylor says her son has been called the N-word at the school in the past and that racism at the school needs to be addressed.
“They need to hear their students. They need to hear their stories,” she said. “Everybody is not comfortable talking about these issues. But they’re real. It’s not something we can keep sweeping under the rug.”
On Monday, students were greeted by school staff, including the principal, and were invited to CONTINUE READING: Racist Image Of Doctored Rio Americano High School Website Sparks FBI, Sacramento Sheriff Investigation - capradio.org
