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Quote by: Thanatos  Hypothetical: you're poor and black and your school really doesn't care that some kid threatened to hang you. A civil suit costs money that you don't have. Do you strike back, or do you sit it out? Just how long can you sit there afraid they'll do something to you or one of your friends first? |
Ever hear the phrase "sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me"? What ever happened to that?
If there was a legitimate "threat" to hang these students, that is a criminal offense - they could go to the police, no money needed. Fortunately for us, it is not illegal merely to be a racist jerk.
You cannot "strike back". It is not acceptable to take the law into your own hands and certainly not to escalate a verbal battle into a physical beating.
Get a thicker skin.