KKK Application Taped to Black Middle School Student's Locker

An black Urbandale middle school student says he is upset and scared after another student taped a Ku Klux Klan application to his locker on Wednesday, according to news reports.

"It kind of upset me because there's a lot of history behind that and there's nothing funny about it," 14-year-old Donte Johnson told WHO.

The Des Moines Register reports that parents are upset.

He told the Register many parents of black students have contacted him to express their dismay that such a blatant act of racism occurred. “I’ve not seen anything that’s initiated this much conversation,” Stillwell told the Register.

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According to the television station, the student responsible for placing the application on Johnson's locker was punished, but due to FERPA laws, district officials cannot disclose how.

Tara Patterson, Johnson's mother, told WHO she believes the school district downplayed the incident. 

She also suggested the district use it as an opportunity to teach students about racism, and while Stillwell agrees it would be a good tool, he told WHO it's too late in the school year for a special assembly.

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