‘Happy N***** Month’: ‘KKK’ defaces South Carolina high school to mock first day of Black History Month

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By David Edwards, rawstory.com

A South Carolina high school was vandalized with racist graffiti on the first day of Black History Month.

Officials at South Pointe High School in Rock Hill confirmed to Raw Story on Monday that vandals had struck the school on Sunday, Feb. 1.

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Photos were posted to social media showing graffiti on a large rock that sits outside the front of the high school. The words “Happy N*gger Month” were scrawled on the rock in spray paint, and it was signed, “KKK.”

“It was discovered yesterday morning, and since then, it’s been eradicated,” a school staffer told Raw Story. “People are still calling because it was posted. Whoever did it took a picture.”

It was not immediately clear if the incident had been reported to police or if authorities were aware of a suspect.

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