9-year-old slams Rahm over Chicago schools

From:  Salon 

"We are not toys, we are not going down without a fight ... This is racism," boy tells mayor over closures VIDEO

By Natasha Lennard

Enlarge Asean Johnson, 9 (YouTube)

Earlier this week, thousands of students and parents and supporters rallied in Chicago to protest plans to shutter 53 public schools, disproportionately affecting black, low-income families . Nine-year-old Asean Johnson, his school facing closure, had a few fierce words for Mayor Rahm Emanuel. A must watch:

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