The Lowdown: Just a ‘Prank?’ High School ‘Slave Auction’ Goes Viral

This ain’t no prank …

10.07.22

American football already gets some comparisons to the slave trade, but now these students are trying to make that connection explicit in this “joke” gone viral. We have a question: where was the coach?

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Host/Producer: Malachi Segers-Seker
Editor: Liz Trill

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