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Posted on 11/23/2009 3:55:57 PM PST by La Enchiladita
CALABASAS - As many as four redheaded students at a Calabasas middle school were assaulted by classmates as part of "kick a ginger day," an Internet spoof apparently inspired by an episode of the "South Park" cartoon show, a sheriff's lieutenant said Monday. The attacks occurred Friday at A.E. Wright Middle School, 4029 Las Virgenes Road, said sheriff's Lt. Scott Chew of the Malibu-Lost Hills Station.
The first reported victim was a 12-year-old boy in the seventh grade, Chew said. Three other students also may have been attacked, Chew said.
Detectives investigated if the assaults were related to "kick a ginger day," which began last year when some young people circulated messages on the Internet urging people to beat up redheads on Nov. 20.
Similar Internet messages were spread on Facebook and other Internet sites this year, said Lt. Rich Erickson, also of the Malibu-Lost Hills Station.
The term "ginger" comes from a "South Park" episode first aired in 2005 that satirized racial intolerance, but did not use the term "kick a ginger day."
Sixth grader Hannah Krieger told ABC7 that she was surprised when some fellow students kicked her in the legs from behind. "I was actually kind of scared ... because I've heard (people) have been kicked many, many times." she said. She said that just before she was kicked, a classmate came up to her and asked her if she had been kicked yet, Channel 7 reported.
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