Those kids should be forced to hear her name every morning they wake up for the rest of their lives.
Removing her from their lives was probably their intent with the bullying. Whether or not they considered death over deportation, they got what they wanted.
Maybe I'm too cynical as an outsider looking on to the US but I don't think these kids will even remember her name in 5 years. Only that they succeeded in preventing whatever DEI /woke word vomit their parents and the media warned them about.
I hope the parents sue each individual school administrator and the school board. It won't bring back their kid, but it's still a form of justice.
Then again it's Texas, so justice is more of a concept than any kind of expectation.
Rest in peace girl.
RIP
I would like to remind everyone that there are many MANY POC that deal with this, suicide or not. It's much more common that POC are often the first to be bullied b/c others think they can get away with it. If you want this to stop, you have to call out every instance of it. It's not just Trump that's responsible. It's also all those that sit back and let it happen. If you say you're against it, then do something about it.
Thus is not a POC this is is a kids are assholes and bullies rarely get in trouble. The fat kid the weird kid the poor kid the kid whatever all get bullied.
Being POC is absolutely a huge factor in being bullied, and I never said it was only a POC thing. All the groups named can be bullied, but in the context of this article, POC-based bullying is absolutely a correct statement to bring up.
Fucked up
Not that we're undocumented or anything but bullying is yet another reason I'm homeschooling my kids. Fucking little shits. Nothing like Lord of the Flies blind-leading-the-blind mentality while the adults either endorse it (conservative fuckwits), or are too overworked to do anything about it.
I was bullied relentlessly throughout school. Kids told me to kill myself daily. And I tried to multiple times.
My mother contacted the school and the police when my bullies broke into our house when they thought I was home alone and the authorities just said, "Boys will be boys." We moved shortly after.
I'm so sorry. That's so fucked up... I hope things are better now for you.
Things are much better. I got the help I need and I'm thriving for the most part. I'm far more successful than my bullies. Last I saw, they're either dead, addicts/drunks, or working dead-end retail jobs and hate their lives.
Very tragic to see.
This is horrible, but I can't help but read all these comments generalizing the situation. There are millions and millions of Mexicans/Hispanics all over this country, no one cares, no one is making it an issue. I remember when all of Lemmy, and Reddit was quick to say that not all illegals are murderers after the Lakien Riley incident.. but now, apparently, it's okay to say the entire country is filled with bullies and idiots like these kids at this school. This article is fear mongering, nothing else. It's equivalent to what the Right does about illegals, and yes, I say that as a person who votes primarily Right.
but now, apparently, it’s okay to say the entire country is filled with bullies and idiots like these kids at this school.
i mean… yeah cuz it’s kinda true. 22% of US students report being bullied—that’s 1 in 5, and those are 3 times as likely to show suicidal behaviors, which is the second leading cause of death in high schoolers.
compare that to criminal convictions for murder by illegal migrants in FY24: 29. not 29 hundred, not thousand. twenty-nine.
bullying is a huge problem. don’t get me wrong, i’m friends with former self-admitted bullies. it doesn’t mean a person is irredeemable. but bullying is a big deal that’s worth talking about.
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