A mother gets her distraught daughter to cut her hair after ruthless thugs called it a “bomb site. “
Sarah McNeill, from Paisley, said she now fears for eight-year-old Cleo Mukolwe every time she goes out to play, should she face more teasing.
The “full of life” woman in the past abstained from attending birthday parties because of the color of her skin and, through some other child, was called a “burnt bird nugget. “
And she continues to be bullied for wearing an afro.
Speaking to the Daily Record, Sarah, 42, said: “Cleo was riding a motorbike with her friend when another boy her age started harassing her.
“She asked him to leave her alone, but he followed her. He yelled at her and called her the N-word, whore and made fun of her hair as a ‘bomb site’.
“When Cleo got home, she was crying. I found out that he had put a pair of scissors in his hair and cut himself a little. “
Sarah said it was “heartbreaking” to watch her extroverted son being attacked.
“She grew up to be proud of her skin color and forget about any abuse, but it has become so terrible to her that her sanity was shattered,” he added.
And the mother was stunned after a phone call with the stalker’s mother, who insisted her son “didn’t know what he was saying. “
“It makes me wonder: what do parents say behind closed doors to make young people think it’s OK to do this?” she fumed.
Sarah now begs parents to teach their children about harm through hate-filled insults.
She said: “No child is born racist, so it has to come from their parents.
“If you teach your son to be racist, it’s going to have a negative effect on little women like Cleo.
“But even if they don’t, it’s clear that this kind of language, mindset and habit is still indisputable at home and parents want to do more. “
What do parents say behind closed doors that makes young people okay doing this?
After reporting the incident to the police, Sarah learned that the police may simply not take any action because the child in question is under the age of responsibility for delinquent.
But council leaders insisted they would take the harassment seriously.
A spokesperson for Renfrewshire Council said: “Ensuring the wellbeing of all our Renfrewshire pupils is a priority for each and every school and we take all reports of bullying incredibly seriously, recognising the effect it has on those involved.
“We have solid systems in place and work intensively with the student and their family circle to supply Array”
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