Black Student Called ‘Cotton Picker’, Kneeled On By Peer: Lawsuit

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A family has filed a civil rights lawsuit alleging that a Massachusetts school district didn’t do enough to protect a Black student who was harassed and bullied, per WBZ News.
According to the lawsuit, filed with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, a 14-year-old student was called a “cotton picker” by a peer last December at Amos Lawrence Middle School of the Brookline schools.
In another instance, a peer kneeled on the Black st