YUBA CITY, Calif. — Editor's Note | The video above and below are from previous segments on viral TikTok videos
A TikTok video has gone viral showing River Valley High School students in California hosting a live slave auction. In the video you see the football players pretending to auction off their fellow black teammates.
Twitter User, @cynicalcarson, reposted the video on Twitter:
Many people have seen her repost of the incident and have sound off their own opinions of the video. One user writing:
In a statement to CNN, Yuba City Unified School District Superintendent Doreen Osumi called the video “unacceptable” and “deeply offensive.” She also announced that the students involved had been barred from playing for the remainder of the football season due to violations of the student-athlete code of conduct. The varsity team currently lacks sufficient players to compete in forthcoming games. As a result, the rest of the season is canceled.
Osumi also told CNN that some students would be facing disciplinary action.
“At this time, the District and site administration are working in earnest to identify lessons and programs to help our student body learn from this situation,” she went on. “When students find humor in something that is so deeply offensive, it tells me that we have an opportunity to help them expand their mindset to be more aware, thoughtful and considerate of others.”
This is not the first and neither will it be the last time videos like these resurface on the internet. It will be very interesting to see what the school does as it works to take action.
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