Racial Remarks in a High School Essay: A Case Study

Running head: ENGLISH LITERATURE
ENGLISH LITERATURE
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

1ENGLISH LITERATURE
FACTS
As per the recent study, a high school student in Maryland was given a task to write an
satirical essay on Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal." However, that student from the North
County High School wrote a racist statement towards the African-American people, not just in
the novel but the overall community. There the responsibility to save the student, legally, some
legal methods were applied.
THE 5W's
WHO
The study focuses on the student who used his racial remarks on the African American
Community. As per the study, the student was charged and the entire issue created a massive
attention through his essay and tweets.
WHAT
The matter that caused a stir in the society was a racial that the student mentioned in his
essay1. The comment was consider to distasteful and was a direct verbal attack to the African
Americans.
WHERE
The entire issue occurred at North County High School where the student wrote his
essay. It is at tis schools the laws and regulations are treated very seriously and thoroughly.
WHEN
1 Love, Adam, and Matthew W. Hughey. "Out of bounds? Racial discourse on college basketball message
boards." Ethnic and racial studies 38, no. 6 (2015): 877-893.