The Chatham County school system has confirmed that some Black students were "sold" by classmates at a mock "slave auction," but says no school employees were involved in the "racial incident."
Chatham County has attracted international media attention and widespread criticism after Ashley Palmer, a parent, posted on Facebook that Black middle school students were symbolically sold by white classmates at a school in the rural town of Goldston this month.
"Chatham County Schools has completed the investigation into a mock 'slave auction' that took place at one of the district's schools recently among a group of students," the district said in a statement Monday. "We want to clarify that there were no adults involved and no adults witnessed it.
