Davis school district officials disclosed a hate incident that occurred at Korematsu Elementary School in Mace Ranch late last week. According to an email Superintendent Matt Best sent Wednesday to parents and guardians, a staff member at the Loyola Drive campus discovered the “N-word” painted on the exterior wall of a Black teacher’s classroom last Thursday morning.

DAVIS, Calif. — A hate incident is under investigation at Davis Joint Unified School District. A Korematsu Elementary School staff member found the N-word written on a Black teacher’s classroom last week.

Racism reared its ugly head recently at the Davis High School homecoming parade on Friday, Sept 24. During the lively parade, the Black Student Union float was passing down F Street when an adult worker shouted, “white power” from a service truck. Condemnation immediately fell upon the person shouting the racist remarks until they drove away.

During the Davis High School homecoming parade, an adult in the community allegedly shouted “white power” at students who were on the Black Student Union float, the district says. That statement has come to be used as a rallying cry for white supremacists.