I think you are BOTH wrong here.
First I am sorry your son had to go through that, being “ different” in your teens, in school can be a nightmare. Kids are cruel. And the importance of group identification and “belonging” can over ride the impulse to kindness. Bullying is a serious issue and should be recognized for what it is rather than slapping a racist label on it. Putting a racial label on any altercations involving people of different races seems to hint at an underlying hatred or racism.
Turn about....justifying the bullying of a kid BECAUSE of his race is absolutely racist. How can you justify victimizing a child purely because of his race?
You guys are both fathers.
It was in middle school, but when a child is one of only 4 kids of one race in a classroom where 26 are of another, and is beaten up by those using racist slurs, it IS a racist action. This was not an isolated incident but reflective of an overall pattern.
I must say, however, that I am rather startled that certain posters are given carte blanche to support violence against the children of another poster in this forum. Doubly so, when race is involved.
Is this privilege extended to all posters, or are the particular identities the determining factor when considering such flame bait? It can be quite difficult for a parent to hold back when some loud mothed racist sees his kid as fodder. If a kkk member were to act this way towards a person of color, would it be tolerated to the same degree?