The superintendent of Newberg Public Schools Dr. Erion said that the Newberg student sent pictures of his Black classmates in the group.Įrion called the situation 'very serious and inappropriate' and said that the Newberg community continues to grapple with issues of 'diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.' According to Newberg High School principal Tami Erion, one student from the district was in the group chat, which the administration believes to have originated in Michigan in late 2020. Local Newberg reporter Ryan Clarke tweeted the pictures of the group chat with names and faces blocked out. 'All blacks should die,' another message says. Other pictures of Black teens were posted in the chat and members responded with racist and homophobic language, identifying some of the teens as gay and expressing a desire to kill them. Names/faces are blocked.) /xiC2Vycn7E - Ryan Clarke September 14, 2021 Deleted earlier Tweets on this subject to clarify a few details.Ī group of students at Newberg High School allegedly created a Snapchat group called “slave tradeâ€� where they joke about auctioning off Black classmates as slaves.
