{"id":6817,"date":"2019-04-02T16:43:37","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T16:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=6817"},"modified":"2020-02-13T12:31:37","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T10:31:37","slug":"how-zimbabweans-reacted-to-peterhouses-extreme-reading-challenge-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/how-zimbabweans-reacted-to-peterhouses-extreme-reading-challenge-picture","title":{"rendered":"How Zimbabweans Reacted To Peterhouse\u2019s Extreme Reading Challenge Picture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A picture of an elite private school, Peterhouse College, dubbed Extreme Reading Challenge posted on social media has generated a lot of controversies. Here is how people reacted to the picture\u00a0on Twitter:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Nothing shocking at all. the boys were probably asked to do their own staging. I went to Peterhouse, there is a lot of freedom of expression, its a depiction after all NOT real life. The boys are in character actually &amp; on our PH alumni group, there isn\u2019t all this outrage FYI.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MissJLinda\/status\/1113064347075457028\">Linda<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It could be that there\u2019s some latent genius behind this image &amp; the exercise which is beyond my intellect, but I suggest the school &amp; individuals involved could benefit from a session with a diversity adviser &amp; probably some diversity awareness training. It\u2019s disturbing.<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t share such images without explaining the background. It screams stereotypes and elicits negative interpretations. If you\u2019re going to post something likely to be controversial, you should try to explain it. That\u2019s what a diversity adviser would tell them!\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Wamagaisa\/status\/1113045118028861441\">Alex T. Magaisa.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"js-tweet-text tweet-text with-linebreaks\" lang=\"en\">I think it\u2019s much ado about nothing, to be honest. Could be a re-enactment of a scene from colonial era EXTREME READING?\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" src=\"https:\/\/abs.twimg.com\/emoji\/v2\/72x72\/2714.png\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/>\u00a0UNORTHODOX PLACE?\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" src=\"https:\/\/abs.twimg.com\/emoji\/v2\/72x72\/2714.png\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mathuthu\/status\/1113047158218022918\">Mduduzi Mathuthu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"js-tweet-text tweet-text with-linebreaks\" lang=\"en\">Racism must fall. Anywhere it is found. If there are any racist aspects of schooling, they must go. But to call every single private school in Zim racist is a stretch. Peterhouse erred. But do we trash everything in the process? We have to acknowledge that there is some good.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/advocatemahere\/status\/1113071203210670086\">Fadzayi Mahere<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"js-tweet-text tweet-text with-linebreaks\" lang=\"en\">If you go on the Peterhouse page on Facebook you will see the series of images. It\u2019s called Extreme Reading challenge. The tweet should have included the context of the image. Nothing really controversial about it once seen together with the other images.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/asagonda\/status\/1113059820037271554\">P.O. Box Watsomba<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"Z7tsXVxi\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"js-tweet-text tweet-text with-linebreaks\" lang=\"en\">It\u2019s not always captured on camera. It happened in the school I went to racism in any form jokes or comments whatever. Children are not empowered to speak against stuff like this due to the strict disciplinary structure that is commonly found in such institutions.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neilmuchemwa1\/status\/1113080575491964930\">Frosty<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"js-tweet-text tweet-text with-linebreaks\" lang=\"en\">The fact that\u00a0<a class=\"link-complex\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Peterhouse\" rel=\"hashtag noopener\"><span class=\"hash\">#<\/span><span class=\"link-complex-target\">Peterhouse<\/span><\/a>\u00a0deleted their initial post trashes anyone who still defends Private schools. They\u2019re racist! No one is forced to go there but there are racist! Are we saying that we should safeguard racist institutions because hatidziphwe huro kuenda ikoko?<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" src=\"https:\/\/abs.twimg.com\/emoji\/v2\/72x72\/1f926-1f3fe-200d-2642-fe0f.png\" alt=\"??\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" src=\"https:\/\/abs.twimg.com\/emoji\/v2\/72x72\/1f937-1f3ff-200d-2642-fe0f.png\" alt=\"??\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\" \/>\u00a0Mukwane!\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TKMRushwaya\/status\/1113086736052248578\">Protesting Graduate<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A picture of an elite private school, Peterhouse College, dubbed Extreme Reading Challenge posted on social media has generated a lot of controversies. Here is how people reacted to the picture\u00a0on Twitter: Nothing shocking at all. the boys were probably asked to do their own staging. 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