This obnoxious video has been doing the rounds on social media. It shows blacked-up children mocking African dialects, apparently during a school costume event. There have been unconfirmed claims these children are Israeli, but it doesn’t matter where they are from. Such behaviour is racist, foul and grossly ignorant.
The clicking sounds they ridicule are part of the endangered Khoisan languages which are spoken in southern Africa. Why would a school take the decision to demean them, rather than appreciate and learn about their unique character? Even the students’ costumes look more Native American than African. It’s hard to stomach a teacher has approved this. Systemic racism is alive and well, and it’s being cultivated in the classroom.