Texas Students Price Classmates Of Color In 'Slave Trade' Snapchat
Students at the predominantly white high school were disciplined for their participation in the group Snapchat message.
A Texas school district announced this week that it had disciplined students who set prices on their classmates of color in a group Snapchat called “Slave Trade.”
According to The New York Times, a group of students at the predominantly white Don R. Daniel Ninth Grade Campus of Aledo High School participated in the chat, which included emojis of a police officer aiming a gun at a Black farmer in the name. The chat’s name was later changed to include a racial slur followed by the words “Farm” and then “Auction.”