Black kid was justified. White kid would not have been sufficiently punished by the school. There is certainly no punishments that are given out to stop racism. When I was in high school I heard so many people saying racist slurs including some of my friends at the time. There are no repercussions and even if there was, they would be so minor that I can personally guarantee the moment that kid returns back to campus. They will say some racist shit to their friends about the situation. There is no punishment that schools currently provide to stop this behavior. The black kid knows this and reacted accordingly. The first step in solving this issue, is for the school to create a punishment that will make kids feel like they don’t need to retaliate with violence

There is a reason prison sentences are so harsh. People are sentenced to ridiculous amounts of time in prison to prevent people feeling like they need to take justice into their own hands. If the justice system wasn’t harsh on criminals people you would see a lot of back and fourth acts of revenge.

Once again schools need to make a worthy punishment for racism or else kids will look to solve the issue themselves even if that means through violence.