Racist White High School Students Sound off on Twitter: " About time we get this monkey out of office
/On the night of President Obama's re-election and in the days that followed, several high school age kids with Twitter accounts all over the US posted "racially" charged Tweets using profane language including the n-word and some even describe violent acts directed at the President.
Even a student at a local high school had a tweet publicly cited for its racist remarks by an online publication.
On social media, you are entitled to your opinion, and in most cases even if you have a Twitter handle, a name is displayed. The name could be a fake name or the actual name of the user. But when something a high school student says on Twitter conflicts with a Code of Conduct, then they could be held accountable. And that's what is happening in these cases.
But when something a high school student says on Twitter conflicts with a Code of Conduct, then they could be held accountable.
A recent article by the online publication, Jezebel.com, was posted regarding racist tweets toward Barak Obama's relection.
An account reportedly belonging to a Central York High School student was mentioned in the article.
According to the article, a Central York Student with the twitter handle, STaylorMade95, posted this tweet on Election Night, " About time we get this monkey out of office...#gobacktothezoo.
The account has since been deleted.
Charles Palmer, a Professor of New Media in Harrisburg says students in particular need to understand the long term ramifications of being active with social media.
We reached out to Central York administration but our calls were not returned. In the Online article the schools would not comment on any individual students, but did say they were aware of the situation.
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