11-Year-Old Texas Girl Bullied Over Family's Immigration Status Takes Her Own Life
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A sixth grade girl took her life after classmates bullied her over her family's immigration status and threatened to contact ICE to deport her parents.

Summary

Jocelynn Rojo Carranza, an 11-year-old girl from Gainesville, Texas, died by suicide after enduring months of bullying over her family’s immigration status.

Classmates allegedly mocked her and threatened to report her family to ICE. The school was aware of the bullying but failed to notify Carranza’s family.

Her mother, Marbella Carranza, only learned of the harassment after her daughter’s death and is now working with investigators and the school to understand what happened and why she was not notified.

  • houstoneulers@lemmy.world
    81·
    3 days ago

    RIP

    I would like to remind everyone that there are many MANY POC that deal with this, suicide or not. It’s much more common that POC are often the first to be bullied b/c others think they can get away with it. If you want this to stop, you have to call out every instance of it. It’s not just Trump that’s responsible. It’s also all those that sit back and let it happen. If you say you’re against it, then do something about it.

    • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
      34·
      3 days ago

      Thus is not a POC this is is a kids are assholes and bullies rarely get in trouble. The fat kid the weird kid the poor kid the kid whatever all get bullied.

      • houstoneulers@lemmy.world
        4·
        3 days ago

        Being POC is absolutely a huge factor in being bullied, and I never said it was only a POC thing. All the groups named can be bullied, but in the context of this article, POC-based bullying is absolutely a correct statement to bring up.