> are they not responsible for their actions? Are you assuming they will grow out of these racist tendencies? Your alternative is to what, eliminate them from

> are they not responsible for their actions? Are you assuming they will grow out of these racist tendencies? Your alternative is to what, eliminate them from the Earth? As if the "racism" has become this permanent quality? This entire comment thread is extremely spooky to me. There's such a willingness to be mean-spirited in the name of equality it's downright terrifying. They're teenagers. You want to punish teenagers for comments, and have the consequences follow them for the rest of their lives? Is that just?