Black Student Slaps Classmate Who Called Her a Racial Slur After Illinois School Fails to Punish Him; She Ends Up Suspended and Placed in Closet Instead [Video]

The mother of two middle schoolers in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois, says her daughters were subjected to racial harassment and discrimination in a series of provocative incidents that led her to pursue legal action.

Named in Candace Ward’s 17-page lawsuit: the Oak Park Board of Education, two teachers at Edward Julian Middle School and the school’s principal were accused of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, according to a lawsuit obtained by Atlanta Black Star.

The suit references an incident that went viral in April after Ward posted a photo on social media showing a bag of cotton seeds that her seventh-grade daughter had received from her white social science teacher. According to the post, only Black students were given the seeds, which caused a furor. District officials said they received threats of violence and implemented a lockdown at the school. 

The suit also claims one of her girls was called the N-word …