Growing controversy after video surfaces of students in blackface

Monday, January 21, 2019
DYKER HEIGHTS, Brooklyn -- There is a growing controversy after video surfaced of three white students from a Brooklyn prep school in blackface and making racist gestures.

Mayor Bill de Blasio accused the Poly Prep Day School of trying to sweep the controversy under the rug.
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The girls made the video while attending the school's junior high.

In a statement, the school said, 'we do not tolerate racism.'
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