A picture of students spelling out a racial slur in the Cabrillo High School gym has prompted outrage and an apology from the Long Beach Unified School District.
The photo — which multiple people shared with the Long Beach Post — shows a row of students: The first two are wearing shirts with the letter “I” and a heart symbol on them. Six students standing next to them had shirts with one letter each that spelled out a plural version of the N-word spelled with one G.
Students and parents began circulating the photo on social media this week, many of them expressing outrage and concern. Some questioned how the photo was allowed to be taken in a campus facility…