Some quotes found through research that indicate that “bridging cultures” efforts are needed:

Recently the U.S. Secret Service reported that two-thirds of the 41 students involved in school shootings since 1974 said they had been victims of bullying and harassment, which ultimately led them to seek to revenge. California Teachers’ Association (CTA) 2002

“We need to understand that hate is a learned behavior. But tolerance and inclusion can be learned too” Rick Sparks, President McFarland Teachers Association.

Studies conducted to assist teachers show that increasing numbers of students – one in four – are being persecuted by their schoolmates on the basis of ethnicity, religion, gender and sexual orientation. CTA