🚨 FROM THE GRIO: Students at Lincoln-Way East High School in Frankfort, Ill., walked out of class Wednesday after one acknowledged racist harassment incident and a second disputed allegation involving Homewood-Flossmoor High School, by students at their school. The protest began around 11:50 a.m. at the school, CBS News Chicago reported. Students chanted “No place for racism” and said they wanted to stand with Homewood-Flossmoor while making clear that the actions of some classmates did not rep

Sandra Laing was born in apartheid South Africa in 1955 to parents who were legally classified as white, yet her darker appearance led authorities to classify her as “coloured.” At school, she was removed from the white school she had been attending, and her family spent years challenging the classification. Although she was eventually reclassified as white at 17, Sandra’s story continued to be shaped by the racial categories imposed by the apartheid system, including how she was treated by inst