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Kashechewan First Nation teen's message about bullying goes viral on Facebook [View all]
Posted: Jun 02, 2016 3:32 PM ET
'I can't really walk around town because I am afraid to get teased, to get bullied,' Cree youth says in video
A 16-year-old Cree youth's deeply personal anti-bullying message has gone viral on Facebook.
Gregory Sutherland recorded a 14-minute plea for an end to bullying that's been shared thousands of times.
"I can't really walk around town because I am afraid to get teased, to get bullied," Sutherland says in the video, which has been viewed more than 30,000 times.
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Most of the bullying focuses on the fact that he's overweight, he said.
A 16-year-old Cree youth's deeply personal anti-bullying message has gone viral on Facebook.
Gregory Sutherland recorded a 14-minute plea for an end to bullying that's been shared thousands of times.
"I can't really walk around town because I am afraid to get teased, to get bullied," Sutherland says in the video, which has been viewed more than 30,000 times.
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Most of the bullying focuses on the fact that he's overweight, he said.
Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/gregorysutherland-cree-bullying-video-1.3610794
Video at link.
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