A Quebec woman is planning to open a complaint with the Quebec Human Rights Commission over the response of her son s elementary school to what she called racist bullying from other students.
Mother takes school board to Quebec Human Rights Tribunal for refusing to pay damages for racist behaviour
Three years after filing a complaint with Quebec s Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission, Adrienne Charles says her son still faces bullying and racial slurs at school daily.
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3 years after filing human rights complaint, mother says son is still dealing with racial slurs at school
Posted: Dec 17, 2020 12:47 PM ET | Last Updated: December 17, 2020
Adrienne Charles says her sons, aged 8 and 11, were regularly called the N-word at their Rosemère elementary school for years. (Submitted by Adrienne Charles)
A Terrebonne mother is taking the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board to Quebec s Human Rights Tribunal, after it refused to pay her the $30,000 in damages the Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission ordered it to pay.
MONTREAL A Montreal-area school board has been told to pay $30,000 in damages to a local family to compensate them for years of racist bullying. But the mother of the Rosemere family, Adrienne Charles, says she s concerned that it won t change anything for other kids. The thing is, the Black kids of that school and school board are being called the n-word and nothing changes, it still continues, she told CTV News. You go to school to learn about math, French, science. Not to deal or struggle with Oh I m Black, okay, what will happen today, will I be called the n-word? You know that s not normal.