Tensions among students at South Philadelphia High School

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    Racial and ethnic tensions at South Philadelphia High School have been escalating over the past few weeks with claims that the School District has done little to protect Asian American students against violence from African American students at the school. Marty talks with JERRY MONDESIRE of the Philadelphia chapter of the NAACP and ALLAN WONG who serves on the Mayor’s Commission on Asian American affairs.
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