This is just absurd. News stories like this make me cringe. Kymberly was excited to be her schools valedictorian. It is an honour to be your graduating class’s valedictorian. Her honour was taken away from her. If you haven’t read this story it is about Kymberly, a graduating student moving on to the next chapter in her life. She was set to be the first African-American to be named valedictorian at her school since 1989, which makes it a huge deal for her and a huge honour. Her school destroyed this honour when it was announced that Kymberly would have a co-valedictorian who was Caucasian and had a lower GPA. According to reports the school’s media specialist (who happens to be Kymberly’s mother) the school’s personnel was afraid the naming Kymberly valedictorian would cause a “big mess”
It is no longer 1950. It is 2011 and the fact that people are still racist angers me. Kymberly deserves this award because of her achievements academically and the fact that she has to share this award because a couple of people thought it would cause a mess is just absurd. She deserves to be the sole winner of this award. You’ll be glad to know that Kymberly and her mother have filed a lawsuit against the school and I hope that Kymberly and her Mother win.
Here is the link to the story
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