Bullying Can Happen Anywhere

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BULLYING AT SCHOOL
FIFTY-FOUR years is a long time not to get something
right!

Did you know that laws to stop harassment at school were part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? (Title IV and Title VI).
Did you further know that a hostile environment at school should NEVER exist?

Additional laws supporting a student’s right not to be harassed include Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act as well as Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

It is important to realize that bullying is usually grounded in discrimination at some level. It is not the friendly, good-natured teasing that it is often purported to be. When bullying overlaps into areas of race, national origin, color, s*x, age, disability, or religion, it is then covered under federal laws that prohibit that type of harassment in any type of federally funded school, including pre-schools, colleges and universities. The Ed (U.S. Department of Education) and the DOJ (U.S. Department of Justice) have the jurisdiction and responsibility to ensure that discriminatory harassment does NOT ensue. Teachers, principles and all school personnel are under obligation to act immediately when harassment takes place.
Hazing, teasing, or however you want to pigeon-hole bullying, that is either persistent or severe, and interferes with a student’s capacity to learn or participate or benefit from school opportunities is forbidden by law.

Unfortunately, bullying still persists, and often in very aggressive, demeaning and dangerous ways. The effects of bullying, according to several studies, create long-term damaging results, both for the bully as well as the bullied. When confronted with a bullying situation, it is important to act promptly. The bullying has to end, and the person caught in the situation needs to have affirmation that the bullying will end. Above all, do not minimize or trivialize the act. If harassment continues beyond what the school can, or will, do, it is possible to file a formal grievance with the school district or contact the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights and/or the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division.

“Bullying is not just a harmless rite of passage or an inevitable part of growing up,” said William E. Copeland, PhD, Duke University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. "We were surprised at how profoundly bullying affects a person's long-term functioning”. Far too often bullying is seen as a rite of passage, something that can happen to anyone, suppressing or not admitting the seriousness of the long term effects for both the "bullied" and the "bullier". Studies on bullying, conducted in North Carolina, affirm that damage continues into adulthood, often resulting in depression, anxiety, and agoraphobia, to mention a few. On the other hand, and quite predictably, those that bully others later develop such dysfunctions as antisocial personality disorder.
"This psychological damage doesn't just go away because a person grew up and is no longer bullied. This is something that stays with them. If we can address this now, we can prevent a whole host of problems down the road."

For help with bullying, two available resources are stopbullying.gov or at kidshealth.org.