Protesters demand a track coach be fired after alleged racist remark to barefoot student

MARION, IL — At least 100 parents, students, and community members marched outside of Marion High School in southern Illinois Monday, demanding a track coach be fired.

The protest began at the high school's sports complex about a block away from the high school.


Protesters started chanting, "fire Sara Baker" and "Black students matter," as they made their way down the street and onto the school's campus.

The family of Amari, a 15-year-old Marion High School student and a member of the track team, said she came home on Wednesday, April 21, upset because of an interaction she had with Baker.

Amari told her family she and another Black athlete took off their shoes to run when Baker said Amari was a "Black, barefooted African from the third-world."

www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/protesters-demand-a-track-coach-be-fired-after-alleged-racist-remark-to-student/article_f3904224-a6e5-11eb-ab45-0306f90a9550.html

It gets worse too

Police in Marion, IL use a dog to intimidate Protesters. People are demanding a Marion Highschool track coach be fired for calling a student "a barefooted black african from the third world"

See video https://twitter.com/CenterFlyover/status/1386746386486550529

 

I can't even think of some pro barefoot comment, not what I expected to find when I searched barefoot and clicked on news to find a topic for the forum.

 

The students should go barefoot to class to protest Sara Baker Marion High School in southern Illinois.
How about that ?