North Star High School officials on Thursday confiscated stickers with a picture of former President Barack Obama and the words “N-Word Pass†— a national meme that’s made its way to other schools across the country.
The meme with Obama’s photo is apparently a take on the cultural trope that allows white people to use the N-word, and at least two other schools in Maryland and Wisconsin disciplined students for handing out similar stickers.Â
At North Star, a community member called Principal Ryan Zabawa after seeing a social media post saying a student at North Star was handing out such stickers.
“We immediately started investigating the report and did find a student had distributed a few stickers before school to a limited number of their friends,†a letter sent home to parents said. “We have since confiscated the small number of stickers and the students will face appropriate consequences for their actions.â€
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Zabawa said he wanted to assure parents such material is not tolerated at North Star and doesn’t reflect the school’s mission or values.