it s what was there and the sentiment is a was it is futile monk teenagers if that s the bait was unnecessary if the boy perceived it as anti semitism and filters and believing that s why it was a target that has to be taken seriously that was less than a school as an institution needs to have a mechanism in place it s more thing to plan a concept that s valid to address and the semitism to the rise is the target but they didn t it s not enough form. that s got snitch in the fall. to school authorities have meanwhile suspended one of the students who tormented oscar another has been given a second chance. of polish to sign and it s these are sure to be very careful about calling the school and the semitic. that will be doing the school and then justice supports nonetheless we do know that anti semitism is a problem in our largest society. that has put me in this that also means that anti semitism isn t just
such action while her son was still a student there. the mccaskey family is still left with the sense that the administration did not want to admit to or confront the anti-semitic attacks that were happening at their school today the family is trying to look toward the future oscar is now at a new school and says he s happy there have undervalued i ve met other jewish parents especially jewish mothers whose children have had similar experiences that s given me a feeling of solidarity. is. at best perhaps that in media something in me as you change part of us comes to how i feel about myself he and my hold on in my view this lack of solidarity and compassion and refusal to confront a situation is inexcusable. if in the news just hold up on this oscar what i think is good is that oscar spoke out and said something like this completely even though
memory or there are so proud of here in germany they would all be for nothing and we d be right back where we started and i m full of it from my mother. according to a recent study only forty seven percent of fourteen to sixteen year old germans know that auschwitz was a death camp. oscar s grandparents want to change that. for years they ve been visiting schools to talk about the persecution of jews during the nazi years persecution that france mccoskey experienced as a young boy they also went to oscar school to speak with students there. are just a few theoretician did you have the feeling that your stories help children understand has taught them something for example when you went to also this is it. you had lice you re on the board we offered to give a talk at the school right away after oscar told us what happened. to children from the neighboring class were especially curious and interested in what they had to
a very difficult position. i can t guarantee one hundred percent safety of course and the school can do a lot they can suspend students or have them transferred to another school in the interim spend but we have to observe the school law as a process we re required to follow through because that s when it takes a great deal of time cleaning up what says the was done in the bigots or lied. oscars former school is part of the schools without racism network at least eighty percent of teachers parents and students sign a statement opposing racism and discrimination. there are interfaith workshops and seminars to promote understanding and tolerance. but oscar was still bullied and attacked because he is jewish. it is think about this had what i could have done better is to tell the parents very clearly that if their son continued to attend
our central command has to be just as we need an anti semitism represented as was about who will assume this coordinating role. from it s only been named. more than six months have passed since the house keys withdrew their son oscar from his fried now district school out of fear for his safety they ve heard nothing more from the administration since then. by coincidence gemma bumps into district councillor or con and. demeanor. the mccomas cues had met with him back when oscar was being attacked and bullied. as against a lot has happened so i heard you know because those events the antidiscrimination representative at the berlin school authority program and spent weeks at the school giving workshops talking about empowerment and raising awareness about discrimination. even today gemma can t understand why the school failed to take