A film has been released which claims to highlight the shocking racism experienced every day by black students in parts of South Africa.
Luister, by South African media company Contraband Cape Town, gives a sobering insight into the lives of black students at Stellenbosch University.
Stories of a student having a drink thrown in his face for dancing with white women and another who was called a ‘kaffir’ (a South African racial slur) simply serve to illustrate the film’s deeper points.
Many of the people interviewed in Luister (which is the Afrikaans word for ‘listen’) suggest the high level of racial abuse in the school is the result of institutional racism.
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The student who was abused for dancing with a white woman made a complaint to the university, however he claims it went unanswered due to him being black and the complaint being levied at a white student.
The film has seemingly started a wave of activism in Stellenbosch University with marches and demonstrations being seen around the campus today.
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Apartheid in South Africa ended 21 years ago, and Nelson Mandela – the man credited with helping to bring a fractured nation into relative racial harmony – died two years ago, however the country still bears the scars of a segregated society.
Despite the film’s important message, some people have taken a stand against it on Twitter.
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