I can answer you question about how this weird white kid managed to survive in the mostly black schoool.Thats because there is a saying in black culture that”you don’t mess with crazy people” and the kids saw him as someone who “just ain’t right”and left him alone.
There is a school in my town that is mostly black with a few Latinos and Asians and a sprinkling of about forty white kids.Those white kids are divided into two groups-the wiggers who try to emulate black styles and the second group are those artsy quirky types who do the alternative-hip posing.
The black kids don’t mess with the white kids.They are way too busy getting into drama with EACH OTHER!
One thing about my black friends is that they love Jesus. Best experience in my life was going to a black church with my buddy, Kevin. It was a real "Blues Brother's" moment.
When the Goth-cretin said to a bunch of Christians that he hated G-d and worshiped a has been niche entertainer, I can see why the kid got in a fight and suspended.
Give someone a reason to fear you, and they will leave you alone.
It doesn’t look like they left him alone though. He was a puncj=hing bag. heck, he was punchd in the face just before he started shooting, just for bumping into someone. You have to wonder how often that occurred.