HATE HOAX: 'Non-White' Student Behind Racist Graffiti At Missouri High School

This was found in a restroom at Parkway Central High School in Chesterfield, Missouri smh. I wish that y'all would control your tiny Hitlers, because we are getting sick of this bullshit. pic.twitter.com/NoLrnsrC7F

— Black Aziz Anansi (@Freeyourmindkid) November 15, 2017

Parkway schools Superintendent Keith Marty said in a statement Tuesday that the revelation that a non-white student was involved was surprising, but it did not "diminish the hurt" caused by the incident at Parkway Central High School in Chesterfield.

"The behavior was wrong and the student will be held accountable for this serious act according to our student discipline policy," said Marty, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

"It is important to understand why this happened and why we are often quick to assume who is responsible," he added.

The racial slur was found in a girls' restroom on campus last week, prompting the local community to organize and stand against racism.

"I was horrified," West County anti-racism activist Joy Weese Moll told KTVI last week. "A lot of us in West County have a really hard time saying racism exists here. It makes me sad for the person who wrote it because they have not been taught and not learned how beautiful our society can be."

Parents who have children going to the school also reacted.

"This is very much a white person issue that we need to tackle as white people and speak up against," parent Alexandria Lane-Detwiler said.