The family of a Black North Carolina student who exposed a racist student group chat is calling for those involved to be punished.
Cenayia Edwards, 14, uncovered racist threats Sept. 26 in a chat involving two students at her East Wake High School in Wendell, North Carolina, and five at Corinth Holders High in the same city, according to The News & Observer.
Her mother, Cecelia Edwards, listed some of the messages during a press conference Thursday:
“‘F the n-word. Kill n-word babies. Pick that cotton you Black son of a B. We do not like n-words in our chat,’ and ‘pulling triggers and shooting the n-words,’ etc.”
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Cecelia Edwards said when her daughter and other students called their peers out about their remarks, they responded with a penguin holding a gun and stating “‘shut up the n-word.’
“Hurt and scared, she called us, requesting that we please come to the school,” the mother said.
The Edwards family told The News & Observer East Wake High Principal Stacey Alston told them he’s not disciplining anyone in the incident, but Johnston County school officials have since said the principal “issued consequences” and notified parents.
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