Antisemitism
February 22, 2024
Above is Cameron Crane speaking to the Marysville Board of Education about alleged incidents of antisemitism his children have experienced at the Early College High School and Bunsold Middle School. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson)

Antisemitism alleged at Marysville

 

By Chad Williamson, Marysville J-T Editor

Cameron Crane, a father of two students in the Marysville School District, told the board of education last week night that his children have been subjected to brutal slurs from other students.

But the rather than being tormented with words and acts rooted in hate for race or ethnicity, Crane’s said his children were facing religious harassment.

“Really this despicable hate shouldn’t really be accepted in any school environment,” Crane said.

He described how his son, an Early College High School (ECHS) student faced being called slurs, being asked by one student what his numbers were, in a reference to Jews being tattooed with …

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