CA: Berkeley High student linked to racist ‘screen hack’
Emilie Raguso and Lance Knobel report:
Berkeley High School administrators say they have identified the student responsible for a “screen hack” in the library Wednesday that displayed racist threats against African Americans.
Berkeley High Principal Sam Pasarow said, during a press conference Thursday afternoon, that a student, believed to have been acting alone, was responsible for the message.
The press event followed a peaceful protest and walkoutundertaken by more than 700 students earlier in the day.
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2 comments to “CA: Berkeley High student linked to racist ‘screen hack’”
Michael Ejercito - November 6, 2015
The students and teachers who walked effectively gave the hacker power over them
Had they not walked out, the hacker’s only legacy would have been a disciplinary file collecting dust in a school archive.
Dissent - November 6, 2015
That’s certainly one way to look at it. How about this: it gave hundreds of students a chance to stand up and be counted against racism in a peaceful way? I’m glad the students sent the hacker, the school, their peers, and the world that message.