A group of white students from the city of Aledo, located in the state of Texas, in United States, They made an assumption ‘slave auction‘In what they intended to‘ sell ’to their fellow African Americans.
The young people, belonging to the ninth grade of Aledo Independent School District, used the social network Snapchat to carry out, a couple of weeks ago, a ‘auction’ entitled ‘Nigger Auction’ in which they offered from 1 to $ 100 for students of color.
It should be remembered that the word ‘nigger’ or ‘nigga’ is considered an extremely racist and pejorative insult in the United States. In the colonial era of this country, in 1619, the term ‘negars’ – derived from the Spanish word negro – was used to describe African slaves.
Screenshots of the conversation went viral on social media. One of these reads that one of the white students offered a dollar for his classmate Chris, alleging that she would have paid more for him “if his hair wasn’t so bad.”
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White students of @AledoISD organized a slave auction on Snapchat where they sold black classmates for between $ 1 and $ 100.
The racism that pours into our politics, our public safety, and our national security is being incubated in our schools. pic.twitter.com/jkdKXZfHz2
– S. Lee Merritt, Esq. (@MeritLaw) April 13, 2021
The educational institution issued a statement in which they assured that “there is no room for racism or hatred” there and that “the use of inappropriate, offensive and racially charged language and conduct is completely unacceptable. and is prohibited by district policy. “
They also indicated that, following an investigation, they determined that campus students incurred racial harassment and cyberbullying and will therefore receive a punishment in accordance with their policy and the Code of Student Conduct.
In addition to having contacted the parents of the perpetrators, the college indicated that the process “involved the police” and that there were “disciplinary consequences” for those involved.
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“This incident has caused terrible pain to the victims, their families and other students of color and their families, and that is why we are deeply saddened,” the statement reads.
Racism in the United States
the racism it remains a structural problem in the United States. First, white households are at least 10 times richer than African Americans, according to 2017 Federal Reserve statistics.
Second, 24% of people killed by police are African Americans, even though they make up only 13% of the country’s total population, according to the NGO Mapping Police Violence.
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In addition, 84% of African American adults feel the police treat them worse than the white community and 40% say they have been unfairly detained by officers because of their race, according to a 2019 survey by John Gramlich.
Finally, in 2018 the prison population in this country was 33% black and 30% white. This is despite the fact that whites represent 60% of the country’s adult population.
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