A California High School has come under burn down later a video surfaced on Instagram showing white students abusing a Black baby doll named "Shaniqua."

The video, posted Friday to an account called "Shaniqua.shs," shows a number of students from Salinas High School in Salinas, California allegedly using racial slurs while holding the doll. The students likewise allegedly stomped on the doll, ran over information technology with a swain student's machine and put the doll in various sexual positions. The viral video and subsequent videos were filmed prior to a football game that was set to take place at the school.

Later on the video went viral, the Instagram business relationship was fabricated private and later, deleted.

A number of parents weren't surprised past the controversy. In an interview with the local KION News Channel, one parent questioned why the teenagers felt "comfortable" enough to film and mail service the videos.

"These kids feel comfortable enough to do this on campus at a football game where there's parents, where there's staff members and other children," said Mercedes, a parent of a Salinas Loftier School student. "And, y'all're going to tell me all of the staff beingness effectually and even parents, nobody saw this go on, nobody saw that in that location was something wrong with this."

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White students at a California high school are under investigation afterwards a video showing them allegedly beating a Black infant doll went viral. The in a higher place stock image shows empty desks in a classroom. Getty Images

Suni Smith, a member of the African American Advisory Committee for the Salinas Union High School Schoolhouse Commune, told KIONthat the students' deportment fueled stereotypes that are based around the Black customs.

"Some of the things in those pictures and that was with that doll are stereotypes, direct stereotypes," said Smith.

Smith also encouraged people to have "awkward conversations" at home to prevent something similar this from occurring over again. "Yeah, it's tough to accept these conversations with your babies, I get it, but y'all have to take these conversations to avoid them putting themselves in situations like this because if y'all don't, it'south going to keep happening," he said.

On August 21, Salinas Union High School District issued a statement on their website condemning the actions of the students while ensuring that counseling would be bachelor for whatsoever students who were affected past the incident.

"The SUHSD does not disregard this type of behavior and although the District has taken steps to support our African American students and staff, this recent incident demonstrates how much more than back up is needed," the statement said. "Nosotros urge families to too take time to talk with their students most the damaging furnishings of racist behavior. Counseling is available at all of our school sites for any students who may need support."

"Racism and racial injustice are in direct opposition to the Commune's values," the statement continued. "Our Commune will keep our efforts to show that racism and racial injustice have no place in our schools. Nosotros are committed to maintaining a condom, positive school environs where all students, staff, parents/guardians, and community members are treated with respect and dignity."

The video was also posted to an Instagram page called @montereycountyprotest which calls out racist incidents which take place in both Monterey Canton, California and around the U.s.a.. The page has made a number of posts calling out the school district and demanding that they rectify the incident for the sake of students and faculty members.

"We demand accountability and transparency," read one postal service. "We demand protection and safe environments for students of color. We need amend: better education, meliorate policy, ameliorate environments, and better racial disinterestedness training."

Newsweek reached out to Salinas Loftier School for further annotate but did not hear dorsum in time for publication.