Students in Catonsville took on the mantle to fight racial injustice with a focus on the education system on Wednesday night.
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STUDENTS ATCATONSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL HELD AYOUTH RALLY TO PUSH FOR CHANGEIN THEIR CLASSROOM.
WMA━2NEWS ERIN MACPHERSON JOINS USLIVE FROM THE SCHOOL WITH WHATTHEY WANT TO SEE DONE.
ERIN?THESE STUDENTS AND EVEN FORMERSTUDENTS WANT TO SEE A HANDFULOF THINGS CHANGE.
THEY WANTALL TEACHERS TO HAVE BIASTRAINING, THEY WANT TO SEEMORE AFRICAN AMERICAN STAFFMEMBERS━ AND THEY WANTPOLICE TAKEN OUT OF THESCHOOLS.
THIS IS SOMETHINGTHEY WANT TO SEE CHANGE NOTJUST HERE AT CATONSVILLE HIGHSCHOOL BUT AT SCHOOLSTHROUGHOUT THE BALTIMORECOUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
PLUS,THEY WANT TO DIVE DEEPER INTOAFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY ANDCULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM━ TOLEARN MORE THAN JUST ABOUTSLAVERY AND MARTIN LUTHER KINGJUNIOR.
THESE STUDENTS SAYTHEY'VE REACHED OUT TO THESCHOOL WITH NO RESPONSE━ SOTHEY WANTED TO HOLD THIS RALLY━ MARCHING FROM THEELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO HIGHSCHOOL TO MAKE SURE THEIRVOICES WERE HEARD.
BrianaWhitehurst// Catonsville HighSchool student17:11:3━17:11:40“I wouldspeak out on random non blackpeople saying the n word justwalking past.
Itthey do“butted Taylor Holmes//Catonsville High SchoolStudent 16:28:5━16:29:06“Imyself have been stopped inthe hallway and questionedabout if Ithe hallway when the brightyellow hall pass is openly inmy hand.
Where as whitestudents in the same hallwaywithout pass in hand walk bywithout any issue” THEY SETUP A TABLE AT THE RALLY TOENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO REGISTERTO VOTE, IF THEY WERE OLDENOUGH.
THEY ENDED WITH 8MINUTES AND 46 SECONDS OFSILENCE.
A SPOKESPERSON WITHTHE BALTIMORE COUNTY SCHOOLDISTRICT SAID THEY'RE HOSTINGA DISCUSSION IN TWO WEEKSABOUT RACISM━ IN AMERICA ANDTHE COUNTY.
WE HAVE MOREINFORMATION ABOUT THAT ON OURWEBSITE━ WMA━2 NEWS.
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