Asian Students at South Philadelphia High School Racially Targeted by Some African American Students

South Philadelphia High School has increased security in and around the school after more than a dozen Asian students were the victims of attacks primarily initiated by African-American students, who targeted about 30 Asians students, smacking and punching them. The regional superintendent, Michael Silverman, said that as part of the safe-corridors program, city and school police officers and community members will patrol the blocks around the school to ensure that the students get to and from school safely. According to Silverman, 10 students have been suspended as a result of the attacks -- which included African American and Asian students, everyone who was fighting.

Students said attacks occurred inside and outside the school, at Broad Street and Snyder Avenue. Chao Fei Zheng, 19, one of the victims, said that he was among eight Chinese students who were beaten in the cafeteria. "A lot" of students, both male and female, began hitting them, Zheng said, speaking in Chinese. Zheng, whose left eye was bruised from being punched, said he did not know who hit him, as he was covering his face with his hands. He said he did not know why he was hit. Jia Rong Lin, 16, another student, chimed in, contending that the African-American students were "looking for Asian people" to attack. He said he had been hit in the back of the head. Source: Philly.com

The school district needs to nip this in the bud quickly. This has the potential to become deadly and that is not what anyone wants. These students that targeted the Asians students are young thugs in the making and will most definitely enter the criminal justice system sooner rather than later.