Black Missouri High School Student Says He Was Suspended for Defending Girl from Student Who Called Him an ‘Ugly N—r,’ Putting His Potential Football Scholarship In Jeopardy

Colby Barker, a 17-year-old Black high school student from Missouri, was suspended for seven days for standing up against a known bully who was threatening to rape one of his female friends. But he said the bully was not disciplined despite having called him an “ugly n—er” – not to mention having sexually harassed girls for years. However, a district spokeswoman said the other boy had been disciplined as well and is no longer at the school. But that only happened after Barker began a social media campaign about the incident. Barker, who is a senior at Park High School in Kansas City and plays on the school football team, said the suspension is affecting his potential to earn football scholarships to college. Colby Barker, 17, said he was suspended from Park Hill High School in Kansas City, Missouri, for trying to defend a female friend from a boy with a reputation for sexually harassing girls for years. (Photos: Instagram and Google Maps) “My suspension is overshadowing my senior year because no scouts want to come and see me play,” Barker said in a telephone interview with Atlanta Black Star. “It has really put me at a disadvantage compared to...