The Denver Gazette
August 18, 2023
The students who brought the lawsuit claimed they were called the n-word and three of the children were called “monkeys” and “cotton pickers” by other students at Castle Rock Middle School. The parent of one student, N.G., said her social studies teacher assigned her — the only Black student in her class — to argue for the “pros” of Jim Crow laws during a class debate and told her she would receive a failing grade if she did not participate, according to the complaint.
Her parents pulled her out of the high school after a month, the lawsuit said.
The lawsuit also claimed more than 100 students participated in a group chat on Snapchat, where they used the n-word, talked about killing Black people and posted racist memes. Some Snapchat pictures of those memes were included in the lawsuit, which also stated the group no longer exists on Snapchat.
