Okay, so everyday after school, I walk a couple of my middle school special needs kids down the street to the elementary b/c their parents teach there, and they can't pick them up. Usually, we just walk down the street, talking a little bit, peaceful. But today, there were a couple of 8th graders on bikes that started laughing and pointing at my kids. They were also making inappropriate remarks...I was so fired up! Of course I yelled at them...but why do people (kids, this time) have to be so mean?!?!?!

Kids can be so mean, especially at that age. It's really sad.

Some people have such low self-esteem themselves that they only feel good when they feel superior to others.  In the case of children (and some adults) sometimes they also are just repeating what they hear at home.  (I've got several students who are just drenched in a culture of misogyny and racism at home...it's really sad.  In some cases nobody had ever told them in their memory that speaking that way is wrong.)

Wow Lilivati, I can't even imagine telling my kids that racism is okay and setting that example for them.

you handled it well, those kids were being mean. luckily the children have you to protect them.