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The University of Cape Town (UCT) Student Representative Council (SRC) is taking action against a student leader who allegedly made disparaging comments about blacks on Twitter using the k word.
The SRC said Wednesday that student comments were unacceptable.
“The SRC is committed to holding the student accountable and will report it to the office for inclusion and change. The student is part of the leadership of 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, ”he said.
The offensive comments were tweeted earlier this week after President Cyril Ramaphosa’s speech on the government’s response to the second wave of Covid-19 infections.
After his speech, some took to Twitter to participate in what was called the #RamaphosaChallenge, depicting himself with a white spot at the corner of his mouth, as seen on Ramaphosa during his speech.
In response to this, the student wrote: “The things that occupy the mind of a k **** r.”
The SRC said that although the student was biracial, that did not make her non-racist.
“In these tweets, the student displayed the highest level of anti-blackness by referring to black citizens using the derogatory k-word and then hurling insults that stereotyped the class, education, and parenting of blacks,” said the SRC.
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 blackness in our society and specifically the gravity, depth and history of that specific word in the South African context, ”he said.
The SRC said the comments portrayed blacks as “irrational and unworthy.”
Since then, the student deleted her Twitter account.
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