A high school student who is taking a Spanish class needs to do a video assignment. For her assignment, she decides to make a video tour of her street, but things quickly take a turn for the worse.
It Starts Out Well
As she walks around, she films her neighbors, including one couple who are having a screaming fight, and another who are very nice and have three dogs. However, things take a dark turn when a man drives by and catcalls her profanely. She responds in Spanish, but he yells something racist before speeding off. This shocked the student as she was a white American, but the man must have thought she was Hispanic as she was talking Spanish!
She Included It Anyway
Despite this, the student includes the incident in her video, along with other mundane things like flowers and a bird. This was the aim of the assignment after all, to film the neighborhood whilst talking Spanish, and that’s what she had done. She uploaded the video to the school website as per the assignment’s requirements and begins to receive comments from her classmates.
It Was WHO?!
One of her friends recognizes the racist man as someone who volunteers with the middle school soccer team and decides to post a comment in Spanish calling him out. The young girl was shocked as she didn’t know who it was. The fact that a member of the faculty had catcalled her left her feeling disgusting. The student replies, and they continue the conversation back and forth in Spanish.
Called in For a Meeting
However, the next day at school, the student’s teacher calls her in for a meeting and tells her that her video was inappropriate and shouldn’t have included the neighbors or the coach. The student disagrees, saying that the assignment was to walk around a familiar place and react like you’re having a conversation with a friend, and this is exactly what she had done. It wasn’t her fault that someone had catcalled her and been racist towards her.
Video Denied
The teacher takes down the video and tells the student that it’s the sort of thing that should be brought to the authorities instead of posted for the whole class. The student is left wondering if she’s in the wrong and turns to Reddit’s forum for advice. She wondered if she should take the video to the authorities, but was worried as she was only a child and didn’t know what to say to them.
She Took Action!
After receiving mixed responses, the student decides to take action and emails the video to the elementary school principal, guidance counselor, and a few parents she knows with kids on the sports team. She also backs up the video to multiple places and asks a teacher she trusts to sit in on a meeting with the principal that the student arranged to discuss what has taken place.
Failure to File
During the meeting, the student calmly explains what happened and calls out the school’s failure to file a report within the mandated 48-hour timeframe. The principal and guidance counselor seem taken aback and start to take the situation more seriously. The student thought she was going to get into trouble but the faculty were very supportive of her and wanted to help her through this difficult situation.
Overwhelmed Victory
In the end, the student is left feeling overwhelmed by the situation but grateful for the support she received from her teacher and the Reddit community. She learns that sometimes it’s important to stand up for yourself and that there are people who will support you when you do.
The Resolution
The soccer coach ended up being suspended and subsequently fired for his actions towards the student. He was also reported to the police for inappropriate advances towards a minor and racist actions. This pleased the student as she didn’t want anyone else to have to suffer what she had to suffer. She was proud of herself for being brave and sorting this situation out.
The Internet Responded
This commenter wrote, “You were filming in realtime your surroundings, which is perfectly legal. The coach who stopped his car to yell racist things had full control of his abilities and chose to do that in public.”
Another Comment
One person posted, “Sounds like you should upload it to YouTube with the title “My teacher deleted my class project because I made bad men feel bad.”
A Final Comment
Lastly, this person commented, “Make sure to mention that other than this fulfilling the assignment requirements this also serves as a a diary of what their students live through. The only difference is that now it was recorded. No one made those people act that way and if it’s good enough for them to act like that in public where EVERYONE can see, what’s a few more people online.”
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