The Los Angeles school board passed a sweeping resolution Tuesday to confront alleged racist slurs and hate speech in its schools after Black teachers and advocates say such incidents too often went unaddressed.
The unanimous resolution calls for stronger tracking of alleged racist incidents, staff training, counseling related to the N-word and other hate speech, and a report back to the board in March. It follows teacher accounts of students using the N-word, writing it on walls and desks, and facing few or no consequences. The district has strong policies, but stronger action was seen as necessary because too often nothing happened or teachers faced retaliation for reporting.