School: 9-Year Old Boy To Blame For Being Bullied, Bans His ‘My Little Pony’ Backpack
Grayson Bruce, a nine-year old boy is to blame for being bullied by his classmates, say elementary school officials who have now banned his My Little Pony backpack for being the source of the attacks.
Makes sense, right?
Of course not.
In fact, Noreen Bruce, Grayson’s mom, calls it “flawed logic; it doesn’t make any sense,” and adds, “saying a lunchbox is a trigger for bullying is like saying a short skirt is a trigger for rape.”
Grayson is a big fan of My Little Pony, but when he brought his new Rainbow Dash backpack to school,  classmates at his North Carolina school started “punching me, pushing me down, calling me horrible names, stuff that really shouldn’t happen,†he told WLOS News.
Grayson’s mom says she “was later contacted by the principal saying Grayson could no longer bring this lunchbox to school. My son is being called awful names and has even been told to ‘go home and kill himself!’ Now on top of everything he can’t bring a lunch box he really likes and I feel like is being sent the message that this is his fault.”
And she says one school counselor told her Grayson “should hide his lunch box in his backpack and that when you carry things like that these things happen.”
There’s a Change.org petition demanding school authorities “crack down on the bullying” and let Grayson “bring his backpack to school.”
There’s also an awesome Facebook page, Support For Grayson, with over 14,000 “likes,” including this fantastic video from Andrew Seaweed Sowards, who apparently is serving in the U.S. military. Looking at his Facebook cover photos, Sowards apparently also is a “brony,” a guy who like My Little Pony.
// <![CDATA[
(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = “//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1”; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, ‘script’, ‘facebook-jssdk’));
// ]]>
Watch this report from WLOS:
//www.youtube.com/embed/dSUKqN63jKk
Hat tip: The Blaze
Enjoy this piece?
… then let us make a small request. The New Civil Rights Movement depends on readers like you to meet our ongoing expenses and continue producing quality progressive journalism. Three Silicon Valley giants consume 70 percent of all online advertising dollars, so we need your help to continue doing what we do.
NCRM is independent. You won’t find mainstream media bias here. From unflinching coverage of religious extremism, to spotlighting efforts to roll back our rights, NCRM continues to speak truth to power. America needs independent voices like NCRM to be sure no one is forgotten.
Every reader contribution, whatever the amount, makes a tremendous difference. Help ensure NCRM remains independent long into the future. Support progressive journalism with a one-time contribution to NCRM, or click here to become a subscriber. Thank you. Click here to donate by check.