Baraboo High School's class of 2019 threw Nazi salutes for a staged photo at their junior prom this year. The photographer, named as Peter Gust, apparently removed it from his website and complained of the "malevolent behavior" of those spreading and criticizing it, but that did not stop it going viral.
Though the Wisconsin school district claims to be taking action, it appears not to be merely a one-off stunt: since the photo was publicized, current and former students claim that the school has a culture of racism and bigotry openly enabled by indifferent teachers and administrators.
Jules Dizdaltsev is collecting the reports on Twitter: "it sounds like there is a lot of racist bullying and the school tends to do nothing about it."
One teen poses with the OK sign, appropriated by white supremacists under the fig leaf of "trolling", while others appear to be smiling politely without participating. One, named as Jordan Blue, refused smile and is emerging as the photo's folk hero.
After trying to remove the photo from his site (it's still available at the original URL) the photographer posted the following about "malevolent behavior on the part of some in society", and calling for civility.
Read the restUpdated page: due malevolent behavior on the part of some in society; this page has been modified. It is too bad that there are those in society who can and do take the time to be jerks; knowingly and willingly to be jerks! The internet can be a wonderful tool but for some there is an overwhelming urge to destroy.
