@labegg “One of her classmates, an African American young man, sitting next to her noted her grade and called out “Of course she got a 100, she is white”. In the past he has also said “Put me in the lab group with the white girl, that will guarantee me a good grade”.”
I wasn’t there, but the way I read it, I don’t hear racial hostility in this. When I put these two statements together, I get the impression that perhaps this young man is just expressing frustration that he is not doing better in class. At least seems to care about his grades, which is good.
Maybe the best way for a teacher to handle it would be have a counselor speak to him about his grades and goals. He maybe he wants to do better, but does not know how. Perhaps a good counselor could point him in the right direction.
Having said that, he did not express his frustration in the best way, and harassment is largely determined based on how a person feels about what was said, so hopefully he will choose his words better next time.