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Wayland, Massachusetts Residents Rally Against Hate After Racist Incident In High School Locker Room

Residents of Wayland, Massachusetts rallied together against hate Monday after a racist incident at the high school last week.

(CBS Boston)

November 4, 2025

Residents of Wayland, Massachusetts, rallied together against hate Monday after a racist incident at the high school last week.

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In a message to parents on Friday, Principal Allyson Mizoguchi said they had been told about a deeply disturbing display in the boys' locker room. A yellow plastic "children at play" sign covered with the football jersey of a Black student was hanging from the ceiling with a belt around its neck.

Parents, students and neighbors gathered outside the school at 7:45 a.m. Monday, holding signs that called for kindness, compassion, and an end to racism and hate.

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