Lancaster SU club under fire for photo of student in monkey mask at Black History event
The photo was posted to the Sugarhouse Facebook page
TW: Racism
Lancaster University’s Students’ Union nightclub has faced criticism from students after a photo posted on its Facebook account featured a student wearing a monkey mask during a Black History event.
Sugar, located off North Road, held a Black History Month event on 25th October and posted pictures from the night on its Facebook page on 2nd November.
Students were quick to notice that in one of the Facebook photos, a male student was featured wearing a monkey mask.
The photo was removed from Facebook last night after a post in Lancaster’s student confessions page, OnlyLancs, shared students’ reactions to the picture.
The “white party,” where students attended Sugar dressed in all-white outfits, was held in collaboration with the university’s African-Caribbean society.
The comparison of Black people to monkeys has long been classed as a serious racist problem, and students were horrified that Sugar would post this picture from an event specifically designed for Black students.
An anonymous male student, who belongs to Lonsdale College, said in an OnlyLancs submission: “You can see the guy in the background of it looking so fuming. Pure racism man.”
Another female student from Cartmel said: “For anyone that was at the ‘white night’ at Sugarhouse last week for the Afro-Caribbean night event, did anyone else see that guy who literally wore a monkey mask? Felt a little weird tbh and that Sugar so openly posted it on Facebook.”
A final female student also submitted to the Lancaster confession page, saying: “Sorry but HOW has Sugar let in someone wearing a gorilla mask to a Black History Month event?? Of all the nights to let this happen. I’m acc appalled wtf.”
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In a statement to The Lancaster Tab on Thursday 7th November, a LUSU spokesperson said: “The event was held in collaboration with our African Caribbean Society, who chose the theme. It would appear this picture was inadvertently included in pictures of the event posted to the Sugar Facebook page and has since been removed. We are looking into the matter of the mask and how it came to be used in Sugar on the night.”
The Sugarhouse has been contacted for comment but has not yet responded.
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