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Dozens of students at a high school in the north-central city of Coves Port (Coffs Harbour) in New South Wales held a protest event on Friday (September 25) to protest a male teacher's racist remarks about some students from different cultural backgrounds.
The male teacher allegedly told a group of Aboriginal people in class school girl, he supported the forcible removal of Aboriginal children from their families (background: from 1910 to 1970, nearly 100,000 Aboriginal children across Australia were forcibly removed from their families and carried out so-called "assimilationist education ", later referred to as the" stolen generation ").
demonstration event was initiated by Haley Piper (Hayley Piper), a 15-year-old First Nations student of the Varyuri (Wiradjuri), who, together with her friends, alleged that the male teacher had made "repugnant racial discrimination" against the "stolen generation" and the First Nations.
Haley Piper (Source: ABC News)
"He said he was happy that our race had been stolen, which made us really angry. "Haley told journalist ," I never thought such racist remarks would come from a teacher. "
Dozens of students at Haley's Olara High School (Orara High School) held a protest event on Friday.
The school & quot; dealt with the incident very seriously, said Malcolm McFarling (Malcolm McFarlene), president of Olara High School, and had a & quot; very frank dialogue & quot;. with the teachers involved before the meeting with all the staff
"Australia is a diverse country with students from different cultural backgrounds who forcibly associate their behaviour with their race, which is intolerable in our school. & quot; Mr. McFarling said, but he also said the exact wording of the statement was still under investigation.
Mr. McFarling said the teacher had realized that his remarks hurt the students and had apologized to them.
Since the port of coves is the refugee settlement designated by the federal government of australia, where students speak 35 different languages, mr. mcfarin says he is proud of the school's cultural diversity.
protest students (Source: ABC News)
We come for education, not for demeaning
Keith Dungey (Keith Dungay), a Dungutti (Dunghutti) native student who also attended the school, said the students spoke out to change the attitude of some teachers, who he had failed the expectations of indigenous students.
"We are here to be educated, not belittled by teachers. "We need to take a stand and make a voice so that we can see change ," Keith said. "
"I am very proud of our students ," said Mr. McFarling, who supported the students' protest actions ." They take for granted that they are anxious and uneasy about their teachers' improper remarks. "
Parents are satisfied with the school response
Haley's guardian and aunt Angel Piper (Angel Piper) met with the school's vice president, who told her the staff were addressing Haley's concerns.
"Before I got there, the school seemed to be dealing with it, and they were doing everything possible to investigate it. "At the very least, the attitude that the school is trying to solve the problem immediately is positive, unlike when I was at school, they would just keep you quiet. "
Multicultural awareness training
Mr. McFarling and other school staff met with about 100 students on Thursday to discuss the incident and assured the students that all teachers would conduct cultural awareness training as planned.
At least three such incidents have occurred at the school in recent months, including a female teacher who told a Sudanese student "to return to their place" in class. "
According to the Ministry of Education, these was acciused incidents were investigated and no conclusive evidence was found ," but both were dealt with in schools to the satisfaction of all. "
Mr. McFarling said teachers involved in such incidents would not return to school unless they were proven innocent.
