Ex-pupils at Durban school recall their experiences of oppression, racism On the backdrop of international protests for racial equality, local pupils have begun to speak out on their personal experiences of discrimination during their schooling career.
Durban Girls’ College , came under the spotlight this week as past pupils spoke of their alleged experiences.
While another remembered the event where a teacher threatened to take a pupil to the barber and have her dreadlocks shaved off as the teacher found them offensive. Melissa Ngcobo, a 2016 DGC matriculant, penned an email to the school which called out the school for not acknowledging Floyd’s death as a racist attack.
“Do you remember when the black girls were told not to move in large groups because the white teachers and white headmaster were now afraid of these young girls and their ability to speak out on such issues?”
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