{"id":2811,"date":"2012-10-12T07:53:03","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T07:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=2811"},"modified":"2012-10-12T07:53:03","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T07:53:03","slug":"black-racists-at-school-sickening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=2811","title":{"rendered":"Black racists at school &#8216;sickening&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2812\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2812\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/hindukids.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2812\" title=\"hindukids\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/hindukids-300x159.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/hindukids-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/hindukids.jpg 707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hindu traditions maintained<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A report that pupils were being racially abused at a Boksburg school is disturbing, the Inkatha Freedom Party in Gauteng said on Thursday<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We are sickened by the reported racial discrimination doing the rounds at schools in Gauteng,&#8221; provincial leader Bonginkosi Dhlamini said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Star reported on Thursday that several parents of pupils at the Parkdene Primary School in Boksburg claimed the children suffered racial abuse and discrimination.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This was apparently because they wore red strings around their wrists as part of the Hindu faith.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Grade 3 pupil was reportedly discriminated against by his music teacher, who is the principal&#8217;s wife, for wearing red strings on his wrists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">His parents claimed he was called a &#8220;coolie&#8221; several times in front of his classmates and told to take the string off.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After complaining, the parents were told the pupil had to wear a red jersey to hide the string.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The principal refused to comment, saying the department was dealing with the matter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhlamini said the teacher&#8217;s alleged behaviour &#8220;demonstrates the dwindling humanistic culture in our society&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;This unendurable action by the teacher is a regressive sign of racial battles still protruding in our society, and strict measures needs to be taken against those who&#8230; blatantly attack innocent children because of their race and religion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Education spokesperson Charles Phahlane was not immediately available for comment. &#8211; Sapa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A report that pupils were being racially abused at a Boksburg school is disturbing, the Inkatha Freedom Party in Gauteng said on Thursday &#8220;We are sickened by the reported racial discrimination doing the rounds at schools in Gauteng,&#8221; provincial leader Bonginkosi Dhlamini said in a statement. 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