Two students are being investigated by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia after a video of a white student blackfacing another goes viral: ‘I’m black and I’m proud’
- Two white high school students are being investigated by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia after a video of one blackfacing the other surfaced
- Another student, who attended Franklin Towne Charter High School, was expelled for her involvement in the video
- In the video, a white girl in a red t-shirt begins spraying another white student with blackface, yelling: ‘You’re a black girl, you know your roots. It’s February!’
Two white high school students are being investigated by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia after a video of them in blackface and using racist remarks surfaced.
The two students, who have not been identified, attend Saint Hubert Catholic High School for Girls and were not on campus when the video was shot.
In the video, a girl in a red t-shirt begins spraying another student with blackface, yelling: ‘You’re a black girl, you know your roots. It’s February!’
As the other girl laughs, she continues: ‘You’re nothing but a slave. After this, you are doing my laundry.’
The girl who was spray-painted excitedly exclaims: ‘I’m black and I’m proud.’
The two students, who have not been identified, have reportedly been suspended from Saint Hubert Catholic High School for Girls in Philadelphia after a video of them using blackface surfaced. They were not on campus when the video was shot
In the video, a white girl in a red t-shirt began spraying another white student with blackface, yelling: ‘You’re a black girl, you know your roots. It’s February!’ As the other girls laugh and film, she continues: ‘You’re nothing but a slave. After this, you are doing my laundry’
The girl who was spray-painted excitedly exclaims: ‘I’m black and I’m proud.’
The two girls have since been disciplined, but the school has kept tight-lipped on what punishment they received.
‘We will not disclose finite details of individual disciplinary actions but the level of behavior calls for a minimum of suspension and counseling and a maximum of expulsion,’ Kenneth A. Gavin, the communications officer for the diocese told CNN.
Another girl in the video went to Franklin Towne Charter High School, which said in a statement that ‘the content of this video does not reflect the values and culture’ and any student involved in the video ‘have no place at our school’.
The Franklin Charter student was expelled over the incident.
A woman named Coco claiming to be a ‘god sister’ of the one of the black students at the Catholic school, said she and other black students received ‘racist snapchats’ showing the incident, including two photos of the girl wearing blackface.
Two of the three students disciplined attended St. Hubert Catholic High School for Girls (pictured). The other attended Franklin Towne Charter High School and was expelled
One of the screenshots has a ‘Celebrating Black History Month’ filter over it.
‘These same girls have been calling other girls the N-word and the school has yet to do anything!’ Coco claimed.
Coco also claimed on Twitter that two Catholic school students were ‘suspended,’ but were ‘allowed them to go to their cheerleading nationals in Florida with the school!’
Since the incident, the school said in a statement: ‘As a Catholic educational institution that seeks to form Women of Faith and Integrity, we view racism as a mortal sin. There is no place for it in our hearts and minds there is no tolerance for such behavior at Saint Hubert’s.
‘We are extremely disappointed to learn that anyone associated with Saint Hubert’s would act in such a manner, which is entirely inconsistent with our values.’
The school and the dioceses released statements condemning the video and called racism a ‘mortal sin’
The dioceses issued a similar statement.
The city’s branch of the NAACP, also responded to the statement to CNN, saying it was ‘extremely disheartening to have to address this, especially during the observance of Black History Month’.
‘The video showing the egregious acts of Philadelphia Archdiocese white female students spray painting a young lady’s face black is totally unacceptable,’ it continued. ‘[The video is] appalling but shows us the continued cycle of racism that we are constantly fighting against.’
Threats were made at the school following the revelation and all extracurricular activities were discontinued for the rest of the week. The school also shifted to flexible instruction, according to HuffPost’s Philip Lewis.
