CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A school in Cape Town is investigating allegations of racist bullying after a video emerged that appears to show students pretending to auction off their Black classmates, the provincial education department said on Friday.
The video shared on WhatsApp and leaked to the media shows at least two male Black students behind a gate in a fenced-off area as several mixed-race 'colored' students appear to be shouting bids for them.The video, titled 'Slavery at school is crazy,' was 'deeply disturbing and hurtful,' Western Cape Education Department spokesman Bronagh Hammond said.The school has opened a disciplinary investigation into allegations of racist bullying, she said.
'They were picking up Black boys and putting them in the cage,' the unidentified woman was quoted as saying.Although a minority nationally, mixed-race South Africans who identify themselves as 'colored' mostly live in southwestern Western Cape province, of which Cape Town is the capital.Allegations of racism at South African schools persist 30 years after the first all-race election in 1994 put an end to white minority rule under the apartheid system.
School Video Shows 'Auction' Of Black Students
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