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Kids Beat Bullies Using Pink and I Get Sniffly, In a Good Way
Here’s why I’m now wearing rose-colored glasses. So much of what we get to talk about is “Obesity kills!” and “Lead painted death toys!” and “Your boobs will suffer!” so I don’t expect anything to be all heartwarming and restore my faith in humanity and all that. But then I read this story. It starts off harsh: a new ninth grader showed up for school wearing a pink shirt and he was surrounded by a group of six to ten older students who “mocked him, called him a homosexual for wearing pink and threatened to beat him up.” Yup, total high school a-holes just like the kind I went to school with. But two twelfth grade students, David Shepherd and Travis Price, decided it was time to take a stand and intervene.
You know what they did? They used good ol’ technology (the internet, natch) and told students to wear pink the next day. They bought 75 pink tank tops and brought material to make pink arm and wrist bands. They figure they got about half of the school’s 800+ students to wear pink. A sea of pink and solidarity.
The bullies got pissed and one confronted David and asked him if he knew pink was a symbol of homosexuality. David said he didn’t care. “Our intention was to stand up for this kid so he doesn
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9 Comments
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amI can only someday hope that my kid can someday be like those kids. They should be proud of themselves.
lionandmagicboy commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amYou’re not the only one with the sniffles here. This stuff ought to catch on.
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amI think a good old slow clap is in order.
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Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amAmen! That is awesome
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amAwwww. Stuff like that warms my cold little heart.
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amAmen!Thank you for sharing!!!
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amAmen and kick ass
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amAMEN!!! Awesome story. Thanks for sharing it. I am going to pass this on to the teaching community.
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