“No evidence” of racist statements by Covington Catholic students, says report
RNS A third-party investigation into a controversial January encounter between a Native American group and students from a Kentucky Catholic high school concluded that there is “no evidence” of racist or offensive statements by the students. Yet the same report, which was released on Wednesday, also conceded that some students from Covington Catholic High School responded to a Native […]
Native American man from viral video offers to meet with Catholic students, leaders
RNS Nathan Philips, a Native American man seen in a viral video of an encounter with a group of Kentucky Catholic school students, says he wants to meet with them and church officials to discuss the incident and turn it into a “teachable moment”. “Let’s create space for the teaching of tolerance to happen,” Phillips, an […]
US Catholic school apologises after clip emerges of students mocking Native Americans
Washington, DCRNS A Catholic high school in the US state of Kentucky is apologising after videos surfaced of students dressed in the school’s garb confronting and mocking a group of Native Americans – including one man believed to be a Vietnam War veteran – in Washington, DC. Several clips of the encounter circulating on social media show […]