Case Study 2: Lucy

Lucy is a tenth grade student who has just moved to America following a relocation of her family. English is not Lucy's first language, and a few of her classmates make fun of her accent. This continues for a while, and slowly escalates to include making fun of her hair, clothing, etc. These classmates then take their bullying behavior even further by stalking Lucy online, and using her social media posts as further ammunition in their verbal abuse.

As no one else in the school speaks Lucy's first language, she feels increasingly isolated. It would have been hard enough to make friends with the language barrier, but now no one wants to talk to her as they fear backlash from the group that bullies her.