Pretoria high school for girls is a diverse school with all races prevalent in south africa well represented, however students of color cannot help but feel that their color of skin already places them at a disadvantage regarding all aspects.

This is substantiated by the constant racist remarks made by either students or teachers which go relatively unpunished ,telling girls of color what to do with their hair and being severely strict regarding it but being much more lenient with white students ; severely punishing students of colour as opposed to the white students. The list goes on. no one is asking phsg to get it right the first time but  racism is embedded in the school DNA at the moment and we the students are asking for change by taking the opinions of students of colour into consideration.

Also, a lot of decisions affecting students of colour are made by a staff that is at least 96% white who have no real understanding of the issues affecting students of colour.

In light of the recent issues with racism our school has seen in recent days as well as the larger, global #BlackLivesMatter movement, please sign and spread this petition to help make our school a better place for students of colour.