Hijab pulling, calling derogatory names such as terrorist or referencing involvement in 9-11, exclusion from or interruption of prayer time, refusal to acknowledge and/or making denigrating comments about holidays or other religious practices
Refusal to play or work with someone of a different race, use of racial slurs, committing repeated microaggressions and failing to correct the behavior, punching/hitting/kicking, verbal attacks, and/or ongoing teasing against another person because of protected class characteristics rooted in race (e.g. skin color, lightness or darkness of skin tone, facial features, style of dress or hair)
Refusal to learn and correctly use pronouns, deadnaming, asking questions or making statements about another’s genitalia (e.g. to determine their sex), denial of access to programming or facilities, including bathrooms, aligning with gender, use of derogatory slurs about sexual orientation or gender expression, targeted questions, taunts, or spreading rumors about same gender sexual/romantic interests or sexual activity, ongoing teasing about gender expression (e.g. wearing nail polish, dressing in skirts versus pants, styling hair a certain way), denying the existence of transgender identity
Deliberate use of and exposure to symbols typically associated with hatred and oppression, such as swastikas or nooses, targeted hate speech or threats
Taunting about not belonging or not being welcome, for example “Go back where you came from,” threats to deport or call ICE, ongoing teasing about a family’s language, fluency in communicating or understanding English, and/or cultural practices, for example food, dress, celebrations, family type and size
Repeated teasing about differences in ability, manipulating or taking advantage of someone due to disability, mocking behaviors like manner of speech and movement when rooted in disability, denying or limiting access such as refusing to allow students with disabilities to attend school field trips or counseling them out of extracurriculars, refusing to enroll students with disabilities, repeatedly questioning the validity of student’s disability, for example “ADHD is not real”