I've actually asked him if it was because he acted like a .
He said no ... he's just a big white boy in a predominantly hispanic & black school, and that it happens with all the bigger guys. The little runts like Ritchard thinking they are all kinds of tough because they don't think they'll get a response. Fortunately, my son thinks they are all "re ed" and knows he could hurt them pretty badly if he wanted to. And he could ... that's that I know. There's also been a huge overall fighting problem at that school for the last couple of years, and I can't wait until next year when he's out of there.
It's a tough situation as a mother ... you don't want your son to be a big pussy, but you don't want him to get hurt/in serious trouble ... or seriously injure someone else, either.