10 year olds speech about racism hes experienced at Redmond City Council draws support from

A recent, disturbing hate crime in Redmond brought a large crowd to the City Council meeting last Tuesday night to support the mayor and a Black city councilor who were the targets, and to decry racism. But a 10yearold fourthgrader made clear that the problem is more pervasive than many would like to think. 10yearold Gavin Alston went to the microphone, reading from a handwritten statement and said that even when black people are showing respect, we still get treated like crap. Gavin said he felt like I belonged at the school he attended in third grade, but now, in the fourth grade, a lot of people have been calling me the Nword, or a monkey even Black boy. One girl even said, I would hit you, but thats called animal abuse. , Read more: