Australian students who dressed as KKK forced to complete Indigenous subject
University suspended some of the students and said they would also have to ‘engage with Indigenous and Jewish communities’
Charles Sturt University announced on Monday that five students had received punishments ranging from exclusion and suspension to a requirement to complete the university’s Indigenous Australian Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities subject.
In June it was reported that the five students had dressed up for a “politically incorrect” end-of-term party at the Black Swan hotel in Wagga Wagga.
On a local level, it deeply offended our indigenous and Jewish communities
A since-deleted photo posted to Instagram was captioned “very very politically incorrect … Cotton prices are unreal though so it’s a great time to be pickin”.
It showed five men in home-made Ku Klux Klan hoods and robes and one man in blackface and body paint, pretending to be a slave.
On Monday the university announced the penalties and said the students would also have to “engage with indigenous and Jewish communities”.
CSU Vice-Chancellor Andrew Vann said the images posted on social media had “resulted in global outrage and contact to the university from individuals around the globe”.