New York, NY - On February 10 at the National Action Network’s House of Justice,
NAN President and Founder of the National Action Network Rev. Al Sharpton
will be joined by Malcolm X’s daughter Ilyasah Shabazz, as well as
Malcolm Xavier Combs, a student at Christ the King High School and
member of the National Honor Society. Combs claims he was the victim of
discrimination and embarrassment at the hands of high school officials
who denied his request to get the name “Malcolm X” on the back of his
senior sweater.
The student was pulled of class by school official Veronica Arbitello, who told him
that the legendary civil rights activist was “…someone I don’t want to
be associated with.” National Action Network Crisis Director Kevin McCall
responded by saying, “This is absurd that in 2018 we have to teach
school administrators how to be culturally sensitive.” Rev. Sharpton and
the Combs family will ask for the Christ
the King faculty to receive culture sensitivity training in response to
the incident, as well as increase minority staff and embrace cultural
diversity.
The House of Justice is located at 106 West 145th Street (at Malcolm X Boulevard) in Harlem.
The address will be streamed live here beginning at 9:30 a.m.
Additional information on the incident is available here.
Sources: Mercury and The New York Daily News
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