Grade 12 boys at Bishops Diocesan School in Cape Town engaged in a peaceful protest against racism and discrimination at the school, its outgoing principal said on Friday.Grade 12 pupils at one of the country’s top private boys' schools, Diocesan College in Cape Town, better known as Bishops, held a protest at the school on Friday against “racism and discrimination”.
They also delivered a hard-hitting list of demands saying, “we are approaching you as a matric year in its entirety, and not as a certain demographic or minority, to demand that action is taken to ensure that every one of our fellow students are treated as equals within a system that has, for too long, treated them as anything but”.
Principal Guy Pearson said in a letter to parents on Friday that more than 100 matric boys had gone to the school on Friday and he was able to personally say goodbye to them. His last day, before retiring, at Bishops is next Friday.“This was a peaceful protest and at the end,was presented to a member of the executive. This will be an ideal opportunity to continue the engagement with all members of our community regarding these issues in our school.
In the memorandum, also shared on social media, the pupils said racism, and greater intolerance, has loomed over Bishops since its inception.Today, we presented our school administration with a list of demands we expect to be carried out. I encourage people from all schools to follow suite and take collective action to eradicate prejudice/discrimination from educational institutions.
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