A white Philadelphia school principal has filed a federal lawsuit claiming she was racially discriminated against following a two-year-old graduation ceremony incident.
A video of Principal Lisa Mesi, who had withheld diplomas from a trio of black students for violation of graduation ceremony rules, went viral in 2023 (see below).
According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, Mesi had warned the Philadelphia High School for Girls senior class in advance they were “expected to dress in all white and walk across the […] stage sedately, without celebration.”
Mesi (pictured) further advised students that if “their families clapped, cheered, or called out their names” their diplomas would be withheld until later.
Two diplomas were held back from a student who “danced across the stage,” and from another “who flipped her hair, prompting someone to clap.” […]
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