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By Staff Reporter 
1 hour ago
Cape Town – UCT’s Student Representative Council (SRC) says it is deeply concerned by a series of disturbing tweets shared by a university student this week.
The student shared a tweet during the latest Ramaphosa Challenge, which started after President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the country about the crossing to lockdown level 3 on Monday.
In the tweet, the student said: “The things that occupy the minds of the k **** r”.
Since then, the account has been deactivated.
The SRC said it would report the student to the Office for Inclusion and Change. “The student is also part of the leadership in one of the university residences. The SRC has a duty to hold all student leaders accountable and we will approach the Student Government Court to ensure this, ”said the SRC.
The SRC said the student displayed the highest level of anti-blackness when referring to black citizens who used the derogatory word and then hurled insults that stereotyped the class, education, and parenting of blacks.
Defenders of this statement want us to believe that this is not a problem because the student is biracial.
“However, this is a misunderstanding of the nature of anti-blackness in our society, and specifically the gravity, depth and history of that specific word in the South African context.
“The logic of anti-blackness will always validate these nonsensical statements and will always use such stereotypes to paint black people as the irrational and unworthy nonhumans that the system sees us.
“This is the beginning of an intersectional crusade to resolve all the contradictions of race, gender, sexuality and class in our student government structures and in the university in general.”
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