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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Gino Spocchia

Parents sue school over video that shows white students carrying out faux executions of another student in blackface

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School authorities in western Iowa have been sued by parents of a Black student for a video allegedly showing white students acting-out an execution while in “blackface”.

In the lawsuit, which was filed in Iowa’s Scott County on 18 January, the leaders of Pleasant Valley High School were accused by parents of failing to inform them about an “abhorrent” and “racist” video.

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