METROPOLIS, Ill. – Two black students at Massac County High School may have spoken too soon when they hung a large blue banner from the school’s entrance with the message “N16GA WE MADE IT.”
The banner was part of senior prank day on Wednesday, but school officials contend the message is quite serious.
“This morning on the unsanctioned ‘senior prank day,’ some students hung a banner at the entrance of our high school with a highly inappropriate racial remark. The principal removed the banner immediately upon being informed,” Massac Unit School District #1 posted to Facebook yesterday as a response from superintendent Dennis Smith.
“That message in no way is representative of our senior class or the Unit 1 schools. The Board of Education and Administration are grieved over this incident, and an investigation has begun.”
Smith told WPSD two black male students were responsible for the banner, and they are “being disciplined,” though he provided no further details. He didn’t explain what the banner said.
“Smith says the school is using the situation as a teachable moment to talk about cultural issues,” according to the news site.
Photos posted to Facebook by Jay Dowd show the message said “N16GA WE MADE IT...”
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