Outrage ensued after a student at a San Francisco-area high school showed up on campus dressed in a KKK outfit, KPIX reports.
"A disturbing and unacceptable incident occurred at the high school where a student wore a KKK costume yesterday, hiding the top part of the costume and wearing it for moments at a time until staff discovered it after fourth period and confiscated it," the district said in a statement obtained by KPIX 5.
The incident took place at Pittsburg High School on Wednesday.
"Everyone assumed he was a ghost at first and then people found out he was a KKK member as a joke," said sophomore Addis Harris. "Apparently his friends dared him to do it and because his friends are of color, they thought it was okay. But it's still not okay."
Pittsburg High School principal Todd Whitmire says the student told him that he wore the outfit on a dare.
"As a school community, we are very disappointed and concerned with the actions of this student," Whitmire said. "We are committed to addressing what has occurred and working with this student to help him recognize the harm his actions have caused and, just as importantly, the responsibility he has, along with our school, to help repair the harm."
Whitmire added that the student and those who appeared with him in photos posted to social media will be required to participate in the school's "restorative justice" process.
Watch KPIX's report on the story below:
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