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We want to spend today’s class acknowledging the incidents of hate that have caused pain to our BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ community by providing space for you to share any feelings, thoughts, or questions you have at this time.

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Respond to the optional prompts by adding posts below the questions.

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because it could have larger repracuctions
and with a ripple affect affect many other people in the school

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I was disappointed but not really surprised. I learned about it like 5 minutes ago so I still feel the same.

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Ignorance means a lack of knowledge about something, especially when someone refuses to gain that knowledge. Ignorance is a sign of immaturity. Ignorance is definitely connected to racism, as people do not want to take the time to learn about the hardships of the BIPOC Community and help them through their struggles.

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to me the word ignorance means not being educated on a certain topic. I think ignorance is connected to racism but its not an excuse for racism.

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I think ignorance is definitely related to racism, people don´t care to educate themselves or step out of their own bubble to learn about some else's culture or lifestyle. Because they don't do this they judge that person without understanding them.   

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I think ignorance is definitely related to racism, people don´t care to educate themselves or step out of their own bubble to learn about some else's culture or lifestyle. Because they don't do this they judge that person without understanding them.   

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because everyone needs to be aware of what actually happened, rather than being faced with the possibility of hearing incorrect rumors

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Because the school needs to make it clear that it wont tolerate anything like that, even if it is a small incident. Also, to show the people that didn't see that stuff like that happens in the school

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I felt extremely disappointed and upset when I learned about what happened because I thought by now people would know and understand the pain that such an action causes to those communities. I still feel the same way.

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fear. if they can write something like that, then the initial reaction was "what could they choose to do" after some reflection the thought that they're just teenagers, and probably don't know what will happen so they do it for kicks, and they don't realize the effect they just think "this is something i cant say, but i want to see how people will react so ill 'say' it anonymously by writing it in a public place" the fact that they did it again with a different slur is a bit worrisome, because it shows that they either don't care about the repercussions or that they found them amusing in someway, or enjoyable and wanted to do it again.

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fear. if they can write something like that, then the initial reaction was "what could they choose to do" after some reflection the thought that they're just teenagers, and probably don't know what will happen so they do it for kicks, and they don't realize the effect they just think "this is something i cant say, but i want to see how people will react so ill 'say' it anonymously by writing it in a public place" the fact that they did it again with a different slur is a bit worrisome, because it shows that they either don't care about the repercussions or that they found them amusing in someway, or enjoyable and wanted to do it again.

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I was disappointed that anyone would even think of doing something like that.

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To me ignorance means not having a clear understanding of a concept and the effect that is has on people. Ignorance is connected to racism in that often people say hateful things without understanding meaning behinds the words that they used or the things they said. Often people are ignorant about racism and it's affect on others as well as the history behind things like the n word and other racist topics.

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I think the student body needs to be proactive in stopping incidents like this and calling people out for their actions.

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The word ignorance means lack of knowledge a/o general awareness pertaining to a certain subject or area of skill. Ignorance is connected to racism because those that are ignorant are not educated in race related topics. If not educated, a person will base their personal opinion off of what the see and hear, instead of certain knowledge. E.g. A child grows up in a home with racist parents. That child is a sponge, soaking up every racist comment and micro-agression they overheard. This child will grow up to be ignorant, and inherently racist.

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I think that ignorance to me is ignoring something that you know is hurting somebody else, is wrong or something that must be done.  I think it is definitely tied to racism because in order to be racist or to believe racism doesn't exist you have to be ignorant of the actions around you and in the world today.

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To me, ignorance means the purposeful denial of certain issues, and/or the lack of knowledge about a certain issue. Someone might know about a topic but refuse to acknowledge it, or they ignore the topic as a whole and don't take the time to learn about it. Ignorance is connected to racism because people ignore the difficulties POC experience or simply don't care.

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i don't think you can fully stop racist and homophobic acts from happening, if people take it upon themselves to want to complete these actions they are going to. There is always going to be people in the world that do these things. All we can do is support the groups that are harmed and kick out the people harming.

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Educate their students on how wrong it is to target a community with such hateful intentions, and implement a bathroom/hall monitor at West so whoever is conducting these hateful actions is stopped.

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the school made a statement to make it clear that it will not tolerate such language or behavior. the school also wants to make this a safe environment for all students, and while only a few people saw the graffiti, it is still upsetting to learn that such an event occurred.

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Ignorance is when someone knows very little or nothing at all about a topic. I think it is connected to racism because people will say hurtful things to other people and not really understand the meaning behind those things and the effects that they have on different groups of people.

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Fix the problem and prevent it from happening again

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the school made a statement because they want the BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ students to know that they dont condemn that action. The school also probably wanted to make people aware of it and that they dont tolerate it.

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i think that if something like this has happened, and it seems doubtful that the person would keep it entirely to themselves, that calling them out on their actions and if needed reporting them is a good choice. obviously its a difficult choice, seeing as its hard to call someone out on their bullshit no matter what it's about, but even reporting them anonymously can make a big difference.

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I felt (and still feel) very overwhelmed and disappointed. It's difficult for me to wrap my head around the fact that other students would intentionally cause harm to others.

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to make sure people don't think the school agrees with racism.

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educating people on the meaning behind the things they say and the affects that racism have on people of color. I think that the most important thing is to teach people why saying or writing things like this are so negative and can have such a bad impact.

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offer counseling to those who wrote the words on the wall while harsh responses might be needed at first , hate stems from hate maybe a lack of understanding or knowlage , or personal issues stemed someone to do this.

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Because all students must be aware and educated in order to eradicate racism and bigotry for future generations. It is important to acknowledge these events in order to make the BIPOC students of Sturgis feel heard and understood.

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the school doesnt want rumors or a bad name

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Because no matter how many people saw it, it is always worse to try and cover something up rather than have a needed conversation about it. It is also important so that that people responsible can check themselves and realize just how big of a deal something like this is.

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Educating ignorant people on topics of race and LGBTQ+ will hopefully prevent these acts of hate from ever happening again. I am disappointed and saddened to say that I don't think we can ever fully prevent these acts from happening, but my hope is that we are moving towards a better future for all.

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Because teenagers are very easily influenced and will view something as okay if they see other people doing it. The school also wants everyone to know they are accepted by making a statement, rather than ignoring it and making the conflict pursue further.

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i was disappointed in the people who did this and the actions they took to think this is ok. I think I have grown more surprised with time that kids would do this twice revolving two different issues in society today and how they were able to justify this.

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i think the student body needs to use their voices. many people are too afraid to speak up for what's right because they're scared of the outcome, but i think its more important to speak out about issues such as these then to let something like this happen when you could have spoken up and done something about it.

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im not sure how stopping it is entirely possibe. you can address the situation, you can work to further educate on racial and LGBTQIA+ history, and can discipline students for racist and homophobic acts, you can put hall monitors or some extra precaution against this specific act again, but its all really bandaids. i guess a bandaid is better than nothing, but its not just a Sturgis issue, its alot bigger than that, and helping people recognize the weight of the situation might make them more likely to see and want to work to better the bigger picture.

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We can offer support to those affected by these acts of hate. We can try to create a healthy and safe learning environment for all students.

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make a positive mural in that bathroom spreading the message of love and support.