http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/panther-bots-robotics-team-racism_us_58ce3417e4b0ec9d29dcacae?utm_hp_ref=power-of-humanity
The Panther Bots are a Robotics team of 9 and 10 year olds, from an Elementary school in Indianapolis. They regularly compete in design and build championships but unfortunately when leaving a competition venue recently the group were the target for racist abuse. Some competitors saw them in the car park and shouted, "Go back to Mexico!" while another shouted, "They are all Mexican and they are ruining our country."
Since the incident the children have been inundated by people sending messages of support and also donating funds to their team.
Three weeks after the incident the team won an award for best robotic design which earned them a place in the world championships where the team say they will "Walk with confidence".
Employees at NASA tweeted, "We wish PantherBots the very best at the world championships, America is already great because of kids like you!"
What's happening in the picture?
Who could the children be? How are they feeling?
Explain the story
- Why do you think someone shouted "Go back to Mexico!"?
- How do you think that comment made the PantherBots feel?
- Why didn't the PantherBots give up?
- Why have people around America messaged support to the PatherBots?
- What does this show us about lots of people in America?
- If you could speak to the people who shouted the comments, what would you say?
- Three weeks later the PantherBots won a ticket to the world championships. What does that show about the children in the group? What can we learn from the PatherBots?
- Why is this story about No Outsiders?
Read "Say something" by Peggy Moss as a follow up story to this picture. talk about choosing to not be a bystander and to speak up when you hear racist comments or comments that make people feel like outsiders.
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