Black Mom Pulls Daughters from Texas High School After Racist Taunts Turn Into Brutal Cafeteria Brawl
Oct 31, 2026
A Black mother of two is opening up about her heartbreaking decision to pull her daughters from a Texas high school after racial harassment and a fight in the cafeteria.
The military family had recently moved to El Paso, and mom Precious Starks said her two teenagers experienced racism shortly af
ter enrolling at Pebble Hills High School.
According to Starks, her daughter Brooke endured harassing comments in several classes, but the most severe occurred in a class where she was the only Black student.
Precious Starks pulled her daughters out of school after students’ racist remarks toward her daughters turned into a cafeteria brawl. (Photo: KFOX)
On October 16, Brooke said students threw objects at her, narrowly missing her face. She confronted the student she believed was responsible, then reported it to her teacher.
Starks said the family believed the school was addressing the incident and the comments Brooke had previously reported. Starks told local outlet KFoxTV that she believes the school never followed through.
Days later, Brooke and her sister Taniya were standing with a group of students in the cafeteria when one girl sucker-punched Brooke in the face. Taniya jumped in to defend her sister, and a brawl broke out.
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A video of the October 19 fight spread on social media, and Starks and the school clash over what it shows.
Starks told the outlet that a school officer told her she could press charges against only one student, the girl who sucker-punched Brooke. The officer claimed the second student, who appears to slam Taniya (wearing red) to the ground, was actually restraining her.
Starks also criticized the school for being too soft on the students involved, who she said received “in-school suspension,” meaning they are removed from regular classes but still attend school in a supervised room.
“I felt like it was the best decision to withdraw my daughters. I fear for their safety at that point,” she said, adding that she now homeschools her two teens. “No one else, as far as the administrators or the office, no one reached out to check on us.”
“You have to hold people accountable. You have to be voices of the victims,” she said.
After Starks went public with her daughters’ story, the Socorro Independent School District said in a statement that student safety is a top priority and that administrators follow established procedures and district policy when incidents occur.
The district added that federal privacy laws prevent it from sharing details about individual students, discipline, or specific incidents.
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