Two People Arrested After Student Posts Footage of Racist Chanting Outside Her Room
Rufaro Chisango, who attends Nottingham Trent University in England, has posted footage of her being racially abused outside of her room, which causes the university to launch an investigation.
Chisango stated that the incident occurred in residence halls where she lives on Monday night. There were at least two male voices chanting, “We hate blacks,” outside of her door. After the urgent investigation, police have arrested two 18-year-old males in connection to the incident.
yoo I’m fuming, the way people in the same uni halls as me are chanting “we hate the blacks” outside my bedroom door. Words cannot describe how sad this makes me feel, in this 2018 people think this is still acceptable😤 pic.twitter.com/XUiYqNIWQT
— Ruu (@rufarochisango_) March 7, 2018
Okay this happened Monday night, the video wasn’t able to catch what else they were saying which was “blacks would go back to picking cotton”. I’m the only black person on my floor and they were chanting this outside my door so don’t be surprised to why I didn’t leave my room
— Ruu (@rufarochisango_) March 7, 2018
I told the reception and they said that this will be dealt with Tuesday morning, they took my details and said they would inform me… it’s Wednesday night and they haven’t.
— Ruu (@rufarochisango_) March 7, 2018
I have written a statement and sent it to the uni, and so have my parents and some friends
— Ruu (@rufarochisango_) March 7, 2018
No this is city centre campus
— Ruu (@rufarochisango_) March 7, 2018
After a thread of tweets describing her situation and people supporting her and encouraging her to report it to the police, the university has spoken up about the incident stating an investigation has begun.
We are investigating this as a matter of urgency. We are taking this extremely seriously and do not tolerate behaviour like this.
— Nottingham Trent Uni (@TrentUni) March 7, 2018
We have contacted the student who made the complaint and are providing support to her and others affected. And we are liaising with the police about this incident. We value being a diverse global community, with staff and students from across the world.
— Nottingham Trent Uni (@TrentUni) March 8, 2018
We are also working with our accommodation partner to understand why the University was only alerted to this on Wednesday evening after this was reported to them in the very early hours of Tuesday.
— Nottingham Trent Uni (@TrentUni) March 8, 2018
So far, only two men have been arrested. It is terrible that this kind of racial banter still exists in our society and around the world. Hopefully justice will continue to be served in this devastating incident and questions can be answered after this arrest.
