Students walked out of class on Friday to rally against the racist messages. (FOX 9)
WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minn. (FOX 9) - UPDATE: The White Bear Lake School district released the following statement April 14:
"A juvenile female created the social media account and posted the content. This behavior is a violation of our school district policies and code of conduct related to bullying and harassment. The District will be pursuing disciplinary actions as outlined in school district policy, which will include a recommendation for expulsion for the individual(s) involved with the social media posts."
A student at White Bear Lake High School says she recently received racist messages from an anonymous sender online. On Friday, the student, along with many of her classmates, walked out of school in protest.
The students are demanding the district expel the person who sent the messages and do more to protect them from racism moving forward.
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White Bear Lake students walk out after student sent anonymous racist messages
A student at White Bear Lake High School says she recently received racist messages from an anonymous sender online. On Friday, the student, along with many of her classmates, walked out of school in protest.
"Somebody really took the time out of their day to send death threats to me and my beautiful friends just because we are a little darker than the rest of y’all," one protester said.
Ashanti Cox says she was the first of six students to receive the racist messages Wednesday.
"I just felt absolutely disgusted," Cox said. "I was shocked for a solid three hours. I just sat there."
However, Cox says she wasn’t surprised by the situation.
"It’s not the first time this happened in the school, it’s definitely not the first time this happened to me," Cox explained.
On Friday morning, classmates came together, staging a walkout out, to demand an investigation into the messages.