GAINESVILLE, Fla. – At first watch, it's just two teenage girls chatting on the internet. But if you turn up the volume, you'll hear how two Gainesville High School students have put themselves in the middle of a firestorm.
In the 14 minute video, the girls make comments mostly about African-Americans.
"You can understand what we are staying, our accents. We use actual words. Black people do not. Like I fixing to go out to Selma, I gonna buy this thing oh man oh girl… Tyrone… Okay what is that? Are you stupid?"
The two girls decided to take to the net to unload their frustrations over African-American classmates at Gainesville High and in their community.
"Every argument I have is based on where I live," one of the girls says. "It's a ghetto place. If you lived here, you would understand. You would not like these black people."
The video has caused problems at their school and calls were not returned to Channel 4. The Gainesville Sun reported that the two girls left the school but were not expelled or suspended. The Sun also reported that there was an emergency faculty meeting on campus to deal with the video that is getting a lot of views.
"GHS is incredibly diverse and that's something all of us take great pride in and celebrate," principal David Shelnutt is quoted as saying in the newspaper.
In fact, the girls talk about their ethnic background, in their own way.
"I am not Mexican. Half my family is from Cuba. The other half is Irish-American. Some other crap."
Their rants involve everything from the welfare system to complains about classmates that might indicate why they're not in school.
"Miss Gill was like what about steak. They're 'we can't afford steak' but you can afford expensive Hollister clothes and iPhone but you can't afford a steak. Like what are your priority. Your phone and all your clothes are more important than your food."