The Anglican Church-run Peterhouse Group of Schools has been accused of institutionalised racism, with its alumni claiming that there are rampant cases of segregation as its white leaders allegedly treat students and teachers with racial bias.
A former student at the top private school, Nakiso Gwatidzo, recently claimed that the racism at the school is both individual and institutionalised and is the vilest kind discrimination he has ever encountered. He said:
Peterhouse harbours and exercises some of the most racist and discriminatory behaviour I have encountered in my lifetime. It’s both individual and institutional; addressing one is not enough.
Meanwhile, Peterhouse Rector Jon Trafford last week denied reports that racism is embedded at the institution. He said:
As a group of schools, we are very conscious that prejudice and discrimination continue to exist within our communities, and that it is within our collective interest as a school community to confront and tackle these issues.
An Anglican school has absolutely no place for racism or any other form of discrimination. We have promoted and continue to promote the belief that all people are created in God’s image and have infinite value.
Reports suggest that some schools in Zimbabwe practice secretive quota systems when they enrol pupils and some have banned indigenous languages on school premises and relegated black staff to non-decision making positions.
Some of the schools reportedly promote Eurocentric values of neatness, where black students, especially girls, are expected to have particular hairstyles.
Africans know thier hair is disgusting it screws it way into every fabric
The problem with us blacks is we mourn and mourn until cows come home.Has our black government built even a single elitist school with comparable standards?All we know is lining our pockets at the expense of the populace. We stampede to join these white institutions and next thing we cry foul.Build your own excellent instutions of learning and stop the constant mourning. It’s so old fashioned
Wasn’t Mugabe a racist like hitler
A racist is any one who stops a black person from doing what he wants and don’t forget it you racists