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Black Student Says She Had To Share Valedictorian Role With White Student Even Though She Had Highest GPA

07/26/2011 11:07 am 1 comment

Source: MSNBC

Pine Bluff, Ark – Kymberly L. Wimberly, 18, is suing an Arkansas school district, contending her high school discriminated against her by refusing to let her be sole valedictorian even though she had the highest grade-point average.

The lawsuit, first reported on Monday by Courthouse News Service, says Wimberly’s mother, Molly Bratton, overheard other school staff talking in the copy room on May 10 that Wimberly’s status as valedictorian might cause a “big mess.” (Wimberly had a baby during her junior year, according to court documents.)

The next day, Principal Darrell Thompson went into Bratton’s office and told her that he had decided to name a white student, who had a lower GPA, as co-valedictorian, the suit contends.

Both students spoke at commencement in May, said Wimberly attorney, John W. Walker.

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http://sherrodzilla.blogspot.com/search/label/Racism Souiruf

Thanks for the link. This reeks of the same type of racism that allowed Donald Trump to try to force Randal Pinkett to have runner-up Jessica share his rightfully earned title in season 4 of The Apprentice. Hopefully this suit will be one more nail in the coffin of racial discrimination in the U.S.

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