High School Students Expelled For Racist Video, Will Not Be Allowed To Graduate

Two Carrollton High School seniors were expelled Friday and won’t be allowed to graduate after a racist video they posted online went viral.

In a statement, Carrollton City Schools Superintendent Mark Albertus said the students’ behavior was unacceptable and “not representative of the district’s respect for all people.”

“The racist behavior observed in the video easily violates this standard,” he said. “They are no longer students at Carrollton High School.”

The video, initially posted to the social media platform TikTok on Thursday, went viral after showing the two teenagers using the n-word and making disparaging remarks about black people.

The 50-second clip was shared so many times that “Carrollton” was trending on Twitter by Friday morning.

Filmed in a bathroom, the students — one boy and one girl — mimic a cooking show as they pour cups of water into the sink.

“First we have ‘black,’” the girl can be heard saying as the boy grabs one cup and pours it in. “Next we have ‘don’t have a dad.’”

Both students were quickly identified by their Carrollton High School classmates, and the video triggered a quick rebuke from the superintendent.

“Tonight it has been brought to my attention that an inappropriate video was created on the TikTok social media platform,” Albertus said late Thursday. “Please know that this video has been addressed immediately and any student involved in the production of this video will face serious consequences … This type of behavior will not be tolerated.”