california teacher mocks native american

The Hebrew Israelites begin by disparaging the students Phillips has said the teen blocked his escape.īut neither Sandmann's statement or the video will be the last word on the controversy. In a statement, Nick Sandmann said the students decided to raise their voices to drown out the Hebrew Israelites' inflammatory comments - not to intimidate or mock Phillips. Screenshots of a smirking teen staring down Omaha tribe elder Nathan Phillips spread through the internet, sparking widespread outrage.īut a teen who says he was involved in the encounter said the students' actions have been wrongly interpreted as racist. The new video adds context to an encounter viewed by many as the latest sign of bigotry infecting the country. The group of black men, who identify as members of the Hebrew Israelites, also shout racist slurs at participants of the Indigenous Peoples Rally and other passersby. In the new video, another group taunts the students from Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky with disparaging and vulgar language. It was a moment in a bigger story that is still unfolding.Ī new video that surfaced Sunday shows what happened before and after the encounter Friday in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. A video that shows white high school students in Make America Great Again hats and shirts mocking a Native American elder shocked the country, leading to widespread denunciations of the teens' behavior.

California teacher mocks native american