Racist Graffiti At SC High School: ‘Happy Ni**er Month’
South Pointe High School in Rocky Hill, SC had quite a launch for Black History Month as Anomaly at FreakOutNation reports.
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The graffiti was sprayed across a large rock that sits outside the front of the high school.
The words “Happy N*gger Month” were written across the rock in spray paint, and it was signed, “KKK.”
“It was discovered yesterday morning, and since then, it’s been eradicated,” a school staffer told Raw Story. “People are still calling because it was posted. Whoever did it, took a picture.”
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D.B. Hirsch is a political activist, news junkie, and retired ad copy writer and spin doctor. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Guy Lauten February 2nd, 2015 at 6:37 pm
but the SCOTUS told us racism is over. I’m so confused…
Hirightnow February 2nd, 2015 at 7:50 pm
REAL racism is gone…
Now lt’s just local.
/s
greenfloyd February 2nd, 2015 at 11:42 pm
Is it racism? Or just someones crazy idea of a joke. While it is offensive, it’s otherwise harmless and as you can see some of the local kids have put things right.
http://greenfloyd.org/images/bm_images/118447.jpg
What’s really sad here is the media feeding frenzy and widespread reports on the defacement of the rock, but nothing on the happy ending you can see here. That’s the real story and it’s these local kids who deserve the spotlight.
whatthe46 February 3rd, 2015 at 12:06 am
what makes you question whether or not it was racism that was done or if it was a joke? i don’t find the humor in it at all. and the photo was great.
greenfloyd February 3rd, 2015 at 12:52 am
Just a hunch… In this case the “humor” is in the eye of the mischief-maker who, thanks to LL and many, many others, become a momentary Internet sensation. Of course the problem with this is that it will probably encourage and embolden future acts of vandalism.
I believe that photo was taken by #4 (@Moniqve_) | Twitter
whatthe46 February 3rd, 2015 at 10:31 pm
well, only a racist would find that funny. reporting it doesn’t encourage future acts. i hate those types of statements. there was no reporting like we have today when crosses were being burned in yards, yet they did it most frequently. people will do what they do out of ignorance and stupidity. these “mischief-makers” are a product of inbred ignorance, born specifically to keep the hate going. they should be called out!
greenfloyd February 3rd, 2015 at 11:07 pm
So call them out! But be careful not to paint with too wide a brush.
whatthe46 February 3rd, 2015 at 11:32 pm
what’s too wide a brush?
greenfloyd February 3rd, 2015 at 11:56 pm
I think you have to start by naming names and then making your case that this was anything more than vandalism of public property. In any case the content is irrelevant, certainly does not deserve to be distributed in order to report the story. The whole story and how it turns out the rock now proclaims, “We are all equal!”
whatthe46 February 4th, 2015 at 10:12 pm
well its difficult to name names when said cowards are acting out in the dead of night. just like you can’t name names of the majority of kkk members that protest. they are cowards that may come out in the day time, but they are shielded by cut up white sheets over their faces.
greenfloyd February 4th, 2015 at 11:07 pm
I suspect someone at the HS or in the community know who did this, has information the cops would like to have. Perhaps they should offer a reward? Until we do know who did it and find out what motivated the act, I find your speculation a bit wild.
You may have an irrational fear of the KKK and not understand how few people are truly racist in the general population. Their numbers are extremely low. And these wonderful kids who reclaimed their rock, took back their turf, are much more indicative of the how people feel about race, Civil Rights, etc.
I think it’s also important to consider how events like this are covered here on LL and in general. I find it borders on race-baiting to only present the vandalism and then make no mention of the spectacular response by these young people. That’s not a “progressive mind.” And in fact I was thinking Alan should invite some of these kids on his show and let them tell their story and what’s going on at the school.
jasperjava February 3rd, 2015 at 8:21 am
Anyone who thinks that the “N” word or the KKK is funny or harmless must be a racist.
Good for those kids who repainted the rock, but it doesn’t change the fact that racist vandals exist, spreading their message of hate.
greenfloyd February 3rd, 2015 at 9:27 pm
I think you may be overreacting. A “racist” will beat you up, deny you a job or housing…that’s racism. More than likely this was merely juvenile vandalism intended to get a rise out of knee-jerk liberals. And they did!
jasperjava February 3rd, 2015 at 9:34 pm
There are various degrees of racism. I will not restrict it to just violence and discrimination. Spray-painting hateful messages in front of schools can be extremely harmful. It can inspire fear and humiliation In impressionable children.
greenfloyd February 3rd, 2015 at 9:58 pm
“Extremely harmful?” Now I know you are overreacting. The sooner children learn that racism is a part of the world and why it’s wrong, the better. This would be a teaching moment for any affected kids. Otherwise the only real harm I see here is this awful tendency by so-called “progressive media” to reward petty acts of vandalism by considering it news worthy. It will encourage, perhaps embolden whoever is behind it.
whatthe46 February 3rd, 2015 at 10:33 pm
the only reason anyone would minimize the harm it can cause, is because they’ve never experienced it. so to that i say, since you know nothing of it, you have no right to speak to it.
greenfloyd February 3rd, 2015 at 11:04 pm
My sense is most everybody living in an urban area has experienced varied degrees of bias and racism. However I disagree that I have no right to “speak” of it, even if I hadn’t. It’s possible there is a more sinister force at this school and that racial tension is at a crsis point. I remember race riots at my high school in 1968, shots were fired, a couple people stabbed. Yet I don’t think that’s the case here, especially considering the beautiful spirits represented in the tweets from #4 (@Moniqve_) | Twitter, linked below. I don’t think this particular student body is going to allow a stupid act of vandalsm escalate any tensions. Unfortuantely those kids are ignored in order to feed the blah blah machine. … Now like this reply or something bad might happen to you… 🙂
whatthe46 February 4th, 2015 at 10:07 pm
i don’t think the student body will allow this to affect them as a whole as far as any tensions rising. at least i hope not. and you’re right, you can speak to racism, but you can’t speak to it as opposed to how it harms someone that it was directed to. when was the last time you were called out your name or made to feel uncomfortable just by walking around a mall or being followed in said mall? just because of the color of your skin? if not, then no, you can’t speak to what harm it may or may not do to a person that such ignorance was directed to.
greenfloyd February 4th, 2015 at 10:45 pm
You are right I can only “speak” for myself. I assume this is a public high school, so in fact we’ve all been offended, or harmed, regardless our individual skin tone… it was public property that was defaced in an act of petty vandalism. I hope the cops catch whoever did this and they get sentenced to a lot of community service, i.e. graffiti clean-up.
jasperjava February 4th, 2015 at 12:47 pm
I guess for you, being white, racism against Black people is no big deal.
If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.
greenfloyd February 4th, 2015 at 9:43 pm
Your comment is racist… presuming I don’t think racism is a big deal because you think I am white!?
jasperjava February 5th, 2015 at 12:19 am
I’m white too. But I don’t laugh off or minimize the suffering that Blacks feel when they are insulted and humiliated.
You have some nerve calling me a racist, after you make light of acts of overt racism.
Face it, you’re just another clueless ignorant white supremacist bigot who thinks that YOU know better than African-Americans themselves about how they are supposed to think, feel, and act.
Typical Klan-lover.
greenfloyd February 5th, 2015 at 1:35 am
I am not laughing at anything except your rather hysterical allegations.
I did not call you a racist, I called your comment racist. My reaction to all this has nothing to do with my race.
ChrisVosburg February 5th, 2015 at 1:31 am
Perhaps we can be forgiven for noting that you do not appreciate the insidious nature of racism, preferring instead to see only the obvious and overt expression of it, as evidence that you are not experiencing its ill effect.
And therefore, in all probability, are white.
greenfloyd February 5th, 2015 at 1:45 am
I don’t know who is to be “forgiven,” your “noting” is incorrect. Rendering you conclusion bogus, although perhaps not altogether incorrect.
rg9rts February 3rd, 2015 at 1:16 pm
They talking about Presidents week??
illinoisboy1977 February 3rd, 2015 at 4:38 pm
I bet the burgeoning young artist will have a fantastic career, asking if you want fries with that and whether you want regular or super-size.