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If these were White Nationalists outside a public school, we'd need a permit far in advance, else we'd be arrested on the spot. But nor the precious Viets.
VIDEO at site-
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/news/060804_nw...oolprotest.html
Asian Students Fear for Their Safety
June 8, 2004 --There was a protest Tuesday by Vietnamese students in South Philadelphia who insist that they're not being treated fairly by their school, and the people who run it.
VIDEO: Cathy Gandolfo reports
Some of the parents who have children at Southwark School are
concerned that their children are not being treated fairly and they believe it's because they are Asian. This morning they staged a protest.
Dozens of members of South Philadelphia's Vietnam
ese community demonstrated outside Southward School at 9th and Mifflin. They c
ite at least 5 incidents where Vietnamese students were allegedly beaten by African American students and that the Principal Anna Jenkins doesn't address the problem. They are concerned for the children's safety.
A parent, who did not want to be identified, says her 8th grade daughter was pushed to the ground. Through a translator, she told Action News her daughter still suffers form headaches.
Those we spoke with believe that the principal does not report all incidents to the district. A spokesman for Philadelphia schools disagrees with all of the protesters' allegations. He says Southwark is one of the safest schools in the city and has had very few incidents and there is no bias on the part of Princi
pal Jenkins.
The district says there may be some personal differences between the school principal and the organizers of today's protest. In any case, the two sides meet regularly to dis
cuss
concerns and the school district says it will continue to do so.
If these were White Nationalists outside a public school, we'd need a permit far in advance, else we'd be arrested on the spot. But nor the precious Viets.
VIDEO at site-
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/news/060804_nw...oolprotest.html
Asian Students Fear for Their Safety
June 8, 2004 --There was a protest Tuesday by Vietnamese students in South Philadelphia who insist that they're not being treated fairly by their school, and the people who run it.
VIDEO: Cathy Gandolfo reports
Some of the parents who have children at Southwark School are
concerned that their children are not being treated fairly and they believe it's because they are Asian. This morning they staged a protest.
Dozens of members of South Philadelphia's Vietnam
ese community demonstrated outside Southward School at 9th and Mifflin. They c
ite at least 5 incidents where Vietnamese students were allegedly beaten by African American students and that the Principal Anna Jenkins doesn't address the problem. They are concerned for the children's safety.
A parent, who did not want to be identified, says her 8th grade daughter was pushed to the ground. Through a translator, she told Action News her daughter still suffers form headaches.
Those we spoke with believe that the principal does not report all incidents to the district. A spokesman for Philadelphia schools disagrees with all of the protesters' allegations. He says Southwark is one of the safest schools in the city and has had very few incidents and there is no bias on the part of Princi
pal Jenkins.
The district says there may be some personal differences between the school principal and the organizers of today's protest. In any case, the two sides meet regularly to dis
cuss
concerns and the school district says it will continue to do so.