School fights bigotry amongst students on campus - Northwest High, one of the oldest schools in Guilford County, is fighting back against bigotry on campus. Some of the students say their school is misunderstood.

Over the years, there have been several incidents involving racial slurs, that, for some, painted Northwest as a racist, elitist school.

“Our freshman year, there was a lot more … you’d hear the “N” word going around,” explained junior Jordan Abourjilie. “Or you might here more gay jokes.”

“There have been racial slurs made around our school,” said Jasmine Farrar, a senior. Often, students say these occurrences end in fights, and racial tensions. It’s something members of the Leadership Program are trying to change, one student at a time.

“I think some people just use the words they think it’s ok,” said Jasmine. “Like if you look at the media you see African-Americans use that word. They see that African-Americans use that word, they’re going to think it’s ok to use that word. So basically we just show them that there are people that are affected.”

Last month, the Leadership Program — a group spun out of the National Conference for Community and Justice — held Unity Day to tackle the issues of bigotry.

For 90 minutes, more than 600 ninth graders talked about intolerance and bigotry on Friday. “A lot of times students will open up in front of other students,” explained advisor Paul Egleston. “Or they’ll tell them things which they won’t tell their staff members or they won’t tell the principal.”

For 90 minutes, more than 600 ninth graders talked about intolerance and bigotry on Friday.

“We started to develop this idea that we can go ahead and talk with the students kind of see where they’re at racism, bigotry and then see if we can go ahead and make a change with that,” said Egleston.

Some say it’s working.

“I definitely have seen a lot more bonding within the classes and within each grade level,” said Abourjilie.

There are a little over 2,200 students at Northwest. Only 145 are black.

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Last month, the Leadership Program — a group spun out of the National Conference for Community and Justice — held Unity Day to tackle the issues of bigotry.

For 90 minutes, more than 600 ninth graders talked about intolerance and bigotry on Friday. “A lot of times students will open up in front of other students,” explained advisor Paul Egleston. “Or they’ll tell them things which they won’t tell their staff members or they won’t tell the principal.”

For 90 minutes, more than 600 ninth graders talked about intolerance and bigotry on Friday.

“We started to develop this idea that we can go ahead and talk with the students kind of see where they’re at racism, bigotry and then see if we can go ahead and make a change with that,” said Egleston.

Some say it’s working.

“I definitely have seen a lot more bonding within the classes and within each grade level,” said Abourjilie.

There are a little over 2,200 students at Northwest. Only 145 are black.

School fights bigotry amongst students on campus - Northwest High, one of the oldest schools in Guilford County, is fighting back against bigotry on campus. Some of the students say their school is misunderstood.

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