Two teachers at Whitney Young Magnet High School swore at each other during a heated argument in front of students after a white history teacher hung an African American doll from a cord in front of his classroom, apparently offending his Black colleague, according to videos and an email from the school’s principal.

A video of the incident Monday quickly circulated on social media among Young’s 2,100 students and led to a swift investigation by the selective enrollment school’s administration. While police said they had no record of the altercation, principal Joyce Kenner said in an email to students and families late Tuesday that an official incident report was filed with the district and that the school would follow “the official disciplinary protocol established by Chicago Public Schools.”

A photo circulating among students showed the doll —a BLACK football player in a blue uniform —with the cord around its neck, dangling in front of a whiteboard in the room in the school on the Near West Side.

Both teachers are in the social sciences, according to the school’s website. The white teacher has been at the school for years, while the African American instructor started more recently, staff said. Neither responded to requests for comment.

Source – DailyBeast