Cohen Crawford was standing in line in the cafeteria. He just wanted hot sauce.
According to his mother, Amber, a school employee responded: “No, no, no, that’s too much. No wonder you don’t have any hair”. Cohen has alopecia, an autoimmune disorder that left him without hair from the age of four. He is now in fifth grade in Omaha, Nebraska. His parents say there were three incidents with the same woman, including one involving obscene language. “I don’t think anyone should say that”, the boy said.
The Crawfords didn’t stay silent: they posted, called, and wrote for a month. And although they don’t justify what happened, the father says that when he spoke with so many people, he discovered something else: that the employee had also allegedly been bullied at the school. “What I want is to draw enough attention for there to be a change”, Casey said.
On Monday, outside the school, Cohen saw something he didn’t expect: a group of motorcyclists greeting him to tell him that no one is alone. “I had no idea they were going to help me. It was great”.
