Worries Over School's "Jump White People" Graffiti

A Brooklyn public school has repeatedly been vandalized with graffiti saying "Jump White People" on the building, teachers' cars and playground. An 11-year-old student explained "It stands for 'beat up the white people.' It's bad for everyone because it's not fair to beat up other people."

Even though four students, aged 8 to 11, have been disciplined, the graffiti continues to appear (see some pictures here). According to WCBS 2, school employees are "forbidden" to discuss the graffiti. Some teachers have asked the PS 224's principal to send a memo to parents, asking them to address what seems like young children copying gang culture.

However, one teacher told the Daily News, "It just quietly gets erased. Nothing gets done." The Department of Education says it is investigating the incidents.

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By Jen Chung in News on May 3, 2008 3:00 PM

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altrent

B. U. N.

(At a *school*, no less.)

Beat. Up. N1ggers.

OOPS! Hate crime. I'm in Guantanamo, forever.

-- White Person

P.S. Anyone else *sick* of this sh1t?

But seriously, let's look at the "Where's Al Sharpton?" dude for a moment. It's a valid question: the real Al Sharpton is all about playing the R Card -- not for any benefit of the "R", only for whatever possible perceived benefit of the "A.S." there might be. What about thw

Roger McDowell

The story does have to make you consider social issues such as black on white crime. Just because white's seem to hold the power doesn't make it right to beat them up.

AvenueHebrew

Okay, I went through the Sharpton user's history, and I guess he's been around for a bit. My bad, I guess. I wasn't that familiar, as I haven't been posting here very long. Although I still don't think he's the target of the "Where's Al Sharpton" comments.

AvenueHebrew

I've only seen the Al Sharpton commenter post once or twice in all of these recent articles. And I'm pretty sure it's been in response to all the unnecessary baiting of "where's Sharpton" and "reverse racism" from these guys.

xnan

Uhhhh... ya know... I suspect that the Al Sharpton invoked here (and somewhat regularly in context to racial stories) is a reference to the "Al Sharpton" who's a Gothamist commenter. Try to have a little sense of (at least) irony here, people, since your sense(s) of humor are, apparently, non-existent when/if ever applied to real-life scenarios. You likely think that "Baby Hitler" is Adolf's 2nd cousin, too.

AvenueHebrew

Hey, Subway Shooter. Sharpton is not the King of Black People. And if his name isn't in the article, then he has no relevance to the issue. He's just one loudmouth who pops up on occasion in an endless sea of racially-charged incidents. We could discuss the issue of racial divide like adults here, rather than invoking the same name over and over again as a condemnation of black communities and activism.

But whatever. Maybe the next time a black person gets assaulted and must defend him or herself from white robbers, we should be asking where Bernhard Goetz is. Makes about as much fucking sense.

berniegoetz

How can you further cheapen an issue about graffiti asking people to beat others up over the color of their skin? If Fat Albert didn't make "racial equality" his pet cause, people would stop calling him out for being a hypocrite.

AvenueHebrew

Seriously, shut the fuck up already about Al Sharpton. Just keep cheapening the issue with your petty politics.

TheKlaus

I'm white. I've been jumped. It's not as fun as that whimsical, carefree graffiti implies

GOP

An 11-year-old student explained "It stands for 'beat up the white people.' It's bad for everyone because it's not fair to beat up other people."

Homo say what?

JacqueMehoff

thankfully Pb is still cheap.

babyhitler

You know al sharpton will be all over this. he'll help defend white people and organize a protest march to help their cause.

Muscley Armed Paper Boy

I amazed that the news is actually acknowledging racism towards white people, I like it.

I mean, it's nothing compared to what the reaction would be if the graffiti said Jump Black People, but it's a start. Now if only they'll start acknowleding black-on-white hate crimes...