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- cross-posted to:
- news
- texas
- progressivepolitics
Summary
Jocelynn Rojo Carranza, an 11-year-old girl from Gainesville, Texas, died by suicide after enduring months of bullying over her family’s immigration status.
Classmates allegedly mocked her and threatened to report her family to ICE. The school was aware of the bullying but failed to notify Carranza’s family.
Her mother, Marbella Carranza, only learned of the harassment after her daughter’s death and is now working with investigators and the school to understand what happened and why she was not notified.
Not that we’re undocumented or anything but bullying is yet another reason I’m homeschooling my kids. Fucking little shits. Nothing like Lord of the Flies blind-leading-the-blind mentality while the adults either endorse it (conservative fuckwits), or are too overworked to do anything about it.
I was bullied relentlessly throughout school. Kids told me to kill myself daily. And I tried to multiple times.
My mother contacted the school and the police when my bullies broke into our house when they thought I was home alone and the authorities just said, “Boys will be boys.” We moved shortly after.
I’m so sorry. That’s so fucked up… I hope things are better now for you.
Things are much better. I got the help I need and I’m thriving for the most part. I’m far more successful than my bullies. Last I saw, they’re either dead, addicts/drunks, or working dead-end retail jobs and hate their lives.