Nottingham student reports racist chants in hall of residence

Two men have been arrested after a black university student complained that a group of people subjected her to racist abuse in her hall of residence.

The 18-year-olds have been arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated public order offences and are in custody, Nottinghamshire police said on Thursday. Officers began an investigation after Rufaro Chisango, a student at Nottingham Trent University, posted a video on Wednesday in which a group of men can be heard chanting “we hate the blacks” and “sign the Brexit papers”.

“Words cannot describe how sad this makes me feel, in this, 2018, people think this is still acceptable,” she wrote on Twitter.

Later, she told BBC Two’s Victoria Derbyshire programme the alleged abuse had a big impact on her, leaving her feeling shocked and isolated. “I just want the appropriate action to be taking place. Obviously it’s racial abuse. It should not be tolerated at all.”

On Thursday, Chisango said she had reported the incident to the university, which was investigating “as a matter of urgency”.

In the footage, a group of men can be heard chanting “ooh-aah, fuck the blacks”, “we hate the blacks” and “sign the Brexit papers”.


Source: theguardian