{"id":480980,"date":"2026-09-30T23:44:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T23:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/480980\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T23:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T23:44:12","slug":"sf-naacp-calls-on-san-francisco-unified-to-hold-racist-behavior-accountable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/480980\/","title":{"rendered":"SF NAACP Calls on San Francisco Unified to Hold Racist Behavior Accountable"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Francisco Unified said in a statement that district leaders are meeting with families affected by the racist incident on a school campus.<\/p>\n

Sep 30, 2026<\/p>\n

Updated 4:14 pm PT<\/p>\n

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Rev. Amos C Brown, pastor of San Francisco’s Third Baptist Church, speaks during a meeting of the California Reparations Task Force on April 14, 2022. San Francisco Unified School District did not respond to questions about whether it took disciplinary action against the students involved in the incident.
\n\u00a0(Beth LaBerge\/KQED)<\/p>\n

The NAACP San Francisco branch, along with parents and community advocates, accused the city\u2019s public school district<\/a> of failing to take action against anti-Black rhetoric after multiple incidents at district high schools.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Sept. 4, a Black student at Lincoln High School was called the \u201cN-word\u201d during a passing period, according to representatives for the NAACP and Coleman Advocates, a racial justice nonprofit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Coleman Advocates Youth Justice Director Rachel Jones said that after the student used the \u201cN-word,\u201d a physical altercation ensued.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Video footage of the incident, posted by KTSF, shows a child being shoved in the school hallway. Board of Education candidate Laurance Lee said<\/a> on social media that the television station reported that a \u201cChinese American special education student was attacked after class,\u201d and had been bullied before.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jones said Wednesday that \u201ca physical response to a conflict is unacceptable, but racial slurs also cause significant harm and trauma.\u201d She said the student had previously used the language last year, prompting classmates to ask administrators to intervene \u2014 but they didn\u2019t feel that they got the support they needed.<\/p>\n

\"\"The San Francisco Unified School District Administrative Offices in San Francisco on April 18, 2025.\u00a0(Beth LaBerge\/KQED)<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not an isolated incident,\u201d said Yolanda Williams, the vice president of the NAACP San Francisco branch. \u201cEvery Black child that enters the San Francisco Unified School District deserves respect, they deserve to be safe and they deserve to be in an educational environment that is free from racial hostility.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following the incident, Lincoln administrators sent an email to families, saying they had been made aware of \u201cmultiple instances of hate speech\u201d on campus.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt Lincoln, there is no place for slurs of any kind \u2026 discriminatory, hateful or demeaning language,\u201d the letter reads.\u00a0<\/p>\n

SFUSD said in a statement that district leaders were meeting with the families involved in the Sept. 4 incident, as well as community stakeholders, including the NAACP.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are implementing restorative practices to ensure that students directly impacted by the incident receive the support they need,\u201d the district wrote via email. \u201cWe are also focused on providing support for the broader Lincoln High School community to ensure every student has access to any resources they need and that it is made clear that we do not accept behavior of this kind anywhere at SFUSD.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFar too many principals have sought to sweep under the rug instances when Black children have been victimized by racialized, bigoted language,\u201d Amos said, noting that Superintendent Maria Su has met with the NAACP and \u201cbeen supportive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Virginia Marshall, a member of the NAACP, addressed Su specifically: \u201cHowever, you must get the word out to your principals. You must get to word out to your assistant superintendents \u2026 to say to them, \u2018the N word is never ever allowed.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"San Francisco Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Maria Su speaks during a press conference at the school district offices in San Francisco on April 21, 2025.\u00a0(Beth LaBerge\/KQED)<\/p>\n

In 1979, the San Francisco chapter of the NAACP sued SFUSD, alleging that the district was engaging in racial discrimination and maintaining segregated schools.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The case led to a consent decree requiring the district to accelerate efforts to achieve academic excellence for all students, particularly African American and Latino students, and to eliminate racial and ethnic segregation in schools and programs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring that time, under the consent decree of the early years, African American students thrived in SFUSD,\u201d Marshall said. \u201cWe fear that we are at that threshold again \u2014 we should not have to sue the school district for our children to thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n

The organizations called on the district to increase accountability for racist language and behavior on its campuses.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Marshall said the schools must make it \u201ctheir number one priority to make sure that all children receive a great education, and that all children are safe and all children feel that they are part of [their] school.\u201d<\/p>\n