Makai brought this racist act to light, NOT the coaches and administrators entrusted to protect ALL students. If ever there was a glaring example of the need for immediate implementation of California’s ethnic studies requirement, this is it! Thurgood Marshall Bar Association condemns these vile and racist comments and acknowledges that what Makai endured is bullying and abuse. Makai deserves better, not because he is Black, but because he is human. We stand with Makai and the Brown family and call on Saddleback Valley Unified School District to hold David Yates and his staff accountable for a toxic culture. We call on Irvine Unified School District to support and join the Brown family’s quest for reform. We call on all persons invested in educating our collective future to take swift action to address racism in schools.
To Educate a Person in Mind and Not in Morals is to Educate a Menace to Society
~ Theodore Roosevelt