A high school valedictorian has claimed that her school made a cowardly attempt to silence her tribute to the slain African-American teenager Trayvon Martin.
Watch the upsetting moment below…
My valedictorian speech was cut short because I said the names of black children who had become victims of police brutality.Our principal signaled for my mic to be turned off as soon as I said ‘Trayvon Martin and Tamir Rice’ and played it off as a technical difficulty. Pathetic.
Rooha Haghar sought to honour the slain victims of racism but was silenced by Principal Asmeron.
I never expected them to not allow me to finish, because at the end of the day, schools want to raise socially conscious students, students who are able to think for themselves. That’s what I was doing.
Asmeron is yet to respond to the criticism they have received.