A Black cosmetologist training to be an educator at a beauty school in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, is suing the school’s parent company, claiming it did nothing to stop racial harassment by a female classmate student with Tourette syndrome.

Yamonnie Pressley says soon after enrolling in Empire Beauty School in June her classmate (referred to as Student A in her federal lawsuit obtained by Atlanta Black Star) followed her around the school building and “repeatedly shouted racial slurs” at her whenever she saw Pressley, causing her to feel threatened.

The educator program at the school consists of classroom instruction and hands-on learning experiences, and Pressley claims she was verbally harassed with such frequency by Student A that she was unable to attend required in-person classroom obser

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