Guys, next time you wear pink, I'm going to know you're doing it for a ninth-grader and his kick-ass friends in Nova Scotia. I'm posting this mostly because I'm so floored by these guys, but they did use the Internet to create a shared mission of peace, so technically it is in line with our official mission here at HumanKind ;)
And while you're here, check out my new column. Or I'll steal your lunch money.
CAMBRIDGE — Two students at Central Kings Rural High School fought back against bullying recently, unleashing a sea of pink after a new student was harassed and threatened when he showed up wearing a pink shirt.
The Grade 9 student arrived for the first day of school last Wednesday and was set upon by a group of six to 10 older students who mocked him, called him a homosexual for wearing pink and threatened to beat him up.
The next day, Grade 12 students David Shepherd and Travis Price decided something had to be done about bullying.
"It’s my last year. I’ve stood around too long and I wanted to do something," said David.
They used the Internet to encourage people to wear pink and bought 75 pink tank tops for male students to wear. They handed out the shirts in the lobby before class last Friday — even the bullied student had one. David and Travis figure about half the school’s 830 students wore pink.
It was hard to miss the mass of students in pink milling about in the lobby, especially for the group that had harassed the new Grade 9 student.
"The bullies got angry," said Travis. "One guy was throwing chairs (in the cafeteria). We’re glad we got the response we wanted."
Stumble It!
When I was in 9th grade I wore a pink/salmon backpack most of the year. I had no idea that colors had sexual connotations at the time. I never got beat up, but definately had more girl friends than boy friends. Not sure when I realized my satchel was considered strange ...
Posted by: Xutos | October 04, 2007 at 08:23 AM