Topic: High school to stop holding "demeaning" dress up like a Mexican day
Anonymous A started this discussion 14 years ago #21,726
Canyon High School will eliminate "Señiores and Señoritas Day," an event where students were encouraged to don Latino-themed attire, after several students this spring arrived to campus dressed as gang members, gardeners, border patrol agents and pregnant teens.
Orange Unified officials have announced they will also require the school's administrators and staff to take sensitivity training, and vow to better review student activities to ensure they aren't culturally insensitive.
These actions follow a district investigation into a complaint from a former student who called the "Señiores and Señoritas Day" racist and offensive to Latino students and their families.
"It was determined some students dressed in stereotypical fashion which was not appropriate, and that the actions of these students were demeaning," Orange Unified Superintendent Michael Christensen said Thursday in a written statement. "The district is committed to working with staff and students of Canyon High School to ensure a positive school climate and culture in all school activities."
Canyon High held "Señiores and Señoritas Day" June 6 as part of the school's senior activity week. One boy dressed as a gardener, while another boy dressed as a pregnant girl pushing a baby stroller. Others dressed as gang members with bandanas and teardrop tattoo replicas. Some students wore plaid Pendleton shirts, ponchos, large sombreros and mustaches. A few students dressed as INS agents, walking around the campus "arresting Mexican students."
Orange Unified officials have announced they will also require the school's administrators and staff to take sensitivity training, and vow to better review student activities to ensure they aren't culturally insensitive.
These actions follow a district investigation into a complaint from a former student who called the "Señiores and Señoritas Day" racist and offensive to Latino students and their families.
"It was determined some students dressed in stereotypical fashion which was not appropriate, and that the actions of these students were demeaning," Orange Unified Superintendent Michael Christensen said Thursday in a written statement. "The district is committed to working with staff and students of Canyon High School to ensure a positive school climate and culture in all school activities."
Canyon High held "Señiores and Señoritas Day" June 6 as part of the school's senior activity week. One boy dressed as a gardener, while another boy dressed as a pregnant girl pushing a baby stroller. Others dressed as gang members with bandanas and teardrop tattoo replicas. Some students wore plaid Pendleton shirts, ponchos, large sombreros and mustaches. A few students dressed as INS agents, walking around the campus "arresting Mexican students."
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 16 minutes later[^] [v] #344,418
Jesus, stay classy Amurica.
squeegee !firstkPE1Q joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 37 seconds later, 16 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #344,419
why did you put quotes around demeaning in the headline?
do you think it's only "demeaning," or is it actually demeaning?
do you think it's only "demeaning," or is it actually demeaning?
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 3 minutes later, 19 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #344,421
Meant to include link, http://www.ocregister.com/news/students-369415-school-dressed.html.
@previous (squeegee !firstkPE1Q)
I meant that it was a quote from the story. I'm not Mexican and I also didn't investigate the situation for a month like the school did, so I am not an expert on whether it's demeaning or not.
@previous (squeegee !firstkPE1Q)
I meant that it was a quote from the story. I'm not Mexican and I also didn't investigate the situation for a month like the school did, so I am not an expert on whether it's demeaning or not.
Aileen Sterling, the district's director of secondary education, interviewed students and staff, and reviewed e-mails and Facebook postings as part of the district's investigation. The investigation lasted over a month. Sterling concluded that Canyon High's administration did not properly communicate guidelines for the event to students.
"There was a lack of oversight/supervision and that the school administration should not have allowed this activity," Sterling said in an Aug. 10 letter regarding the inquiry. "It is contrary to a positive school climate and it divides students of diverse backgrounds rather than pull them together with acceptance and understanding."
"There was a lack of oversight/supervision and that the school administration should not have allowed this activity," Sterling said in an Aug. 10 letter regarding the inquiry. "It is contrary to a positive school climate and it divides students of diverse backgrounds rather than pull them together with acceptance and understanding."
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Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #344,429
> several students this spring arrived to campus dressed as gang members, gardeners, border patrol agents and pregnant teensAnonymous E joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 1 hour later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #344,434
