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BY JULIA CORDEROY

ANCHOR LAUREN GORES

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When students at the University of Montreal’s Business School, or HEC, put on a so-called “frosh” sporting event, their costumes ruffled more than a few feathers.

The incident. which included white students in black face, was caught on video and, of course, made it to the Internet. Global News Montreal has the details.

“This is what Anthony Morgan came across whilst walking on the campus's football field on Wednesday afternoon: hundreds of students divided into different sports themed groups, including a team dressed as Jamaican sprinters chanting ‘smoke more weed.’”

Anthony Morgan, who is of Jamaican descent, talks to CNN about why he recorded the incident.

“Well, it was simply the thought that nobody would believe me, I felt immediately, that this was happening on a university campus. I was absolutely shocked and horrified and I didn’t think that I would be able to adequately convey just how significant these students actions were if I didn’t pull it out and have a record to show other people.”

Morgan says he is filing a complaint with the Quebec Human Rights Commission. But is this incident offensive or just ignorance?  CTV Montreal says...

“[The Security-General of HEC] pointed out that while HEC has students from dozens of countries, the majority of its students come from Quebec, often from rural areas with very little ethnic diversity.”

Reports claim the director of the event committee argues-- the group was just trying to honor a sporting hero. But a writer for Gawker isn’t buying it.

“[They] were not trying to be racist (or insult Germans), guys! They were actually honoring a Jamaican running legend [Usain Bolt]... these kids are ... morons who deserve to be complained about by everyone they encounter, at least until they graduate.”

Finally, The Link Newspaper argues this incident isn’t an isolated one. Racial diversity needs to be addressed across the board.

“...as drunken, 18-year-old newcomers with little real-world experience and humility are initiated into student life and new cities, how many instances of racism—perhaps more subtle than total blackface—go under the radar because it’s not egregious enough to be posted on YouTube? How many racist—or sexist and homophobic, for that matter—incidents happen on these university spaces without a second thought?”

The students have apologised and the University plans to educate students on racial diversity.

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