“At the very least, expulsion.” The actress said that she is in contact with the school to find out what punishment will be applied to the children involved, but remains firm that the necessary response would be expulsion from the school.
“For me, suspension is not enough.” Samara also said that students who committed racism against her daughter were removed from classes and removed from a trip in the middle of the year. However, she feels a bigger response is needed.
According to Felippo, this is not the first time that Alícia has been a victim of racism at school. The actress said that some of her daughter’s classmates excluded her from groups at school and ran away when she wanted to play with them.
These attacks were subtle, everyday things, accusations of something, gossip with her name in another, exclusion from a group, little jokes about her arriving in a group and they running away and her being alone, these types of violence are recurrent. black children suffer every day, until racism materialized in this violent way in front of them.
Samara Felippo with Splash
“I’m not talking to the parents of the attackers.” In addition to everything, the actress also revealed that she is not in direct contact with the parents of the “aggressors”, but will communicate via lawyers for a claim for moral damages.
“I’m happy to be able to raise this issue.” In response to the mobilization on the internet regarding the case, Samara stated that she felt happy to be able to discuss issues such as: “what are quality anti-racist policies, the obligation of a school to include Afro-Brazilian education there, which is in the law, the obligation of a school to have quota policies and to apply them effectively”.
