I go to this school and the administration is callin trevor racist for this yet they are saying this award should only go to a black student. Thats just not right it should be for eveyone. I don’t see an award for only a white student. Westside administration is horrible, they would suspend a kid for almost anything.

Surely being born in Africa, i.e. being a citizen of a country in Africa before moving to the USA would make one an African-American. Not all Africans have dark skins. South Africa has various population groups with varying degrees of skin pigmentation.
If Mr Richards’ suspension is based on the colour of his skin alone, then clearly he is not the one being racist. He did not invent the term ‘African-American’, did he? Can’t help but wonder how the school would classify him. Euro-South-African-American, perhaps? That would make dark skinned South Africans living in the USA African-South-African-African-Americans wouldn’t it?

Trevor is the most AFRICAN person in his school. He was born there, raised there, and is clearly an AFRICAN PERSON. The teachers at his school(Geography teachers to be more specific) are idiots if they didn’t know that there are more then just dark-skined people in the whole of africa. There are whites, blacks, arabs, indian, mixed race, and chinese. If they wanted to give the award to a black student, they should of called the award “Distinguished BLACK African American Student Award.” They should blame themselves for not being specific. What person in their right minds would suspend an African for asking to be given the “African” award? Common sense. If I lived in America and went to Trevor’s school(I would be among the token black people at that school for I am Ghanian!) I would…I don’t know vote for him because he clearly is an AFRICAN!