Racial Slurs Target Black Walt Whitman Student: Reports

BETHESDA, MD — Two white students at Walt Whitman High School are facing disciplinary action after they allegedly called one of their black classmates a racial slur, according to a news report.

Walt Whitman principal Dr. Alan Goodwin told News4 that the students called the black student the n-word. The students were disciplined according to Montgomery County Public School's Code of Conduct.

“Derogatory name-calling of any type is unacceptable with strong school consequences for any racist expressions, gender-charged words, and sexual identity references,” Goodwin said.

According to the student handbook, 77 percent of the students are white, thirteen percent are Asian, six percent are Hispanic and four percent are black.

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