Students from two more of Sydney’s most prominent high schools are being probed for their ties to a chat room where adolescents contemplated rape and made racist remarks.
Knox Grammar, located on the north coast of the city, is at the center of the issue after it was discovered that twenty students from the prestigious private school wrote the awful remarks in the private group chat.
Students from James Ruse Agricultural High School and North Sydney Boys High have been associated with the email addresses of other Discord users who participated in the chat.
The Department of Education in New South Wales acknowledged they were aware that emails from two selective schools were used to enter the chatroom.
A spokeswoman stated, “The Department recently learned that student emails from two schools were exploited to access the Discord channel.”
Students at Knox Grammar, an elite boys school on Sydney’s North Shore, used an encrypted software to submit offensive material; two other schools’ students are suspected to have participated.
We have been unable to identify the children at this time and will contact Knox Grammar School for any new information.
The Daily Telegraph said that teens from two other selective high schools in Sydney and one posh school in Victoria were also involved in the conversation.
Students shared horrible rape fantasies, anti-Semitic and homophobic slurs, and other nasty, racist, and sexist remarks within the chat.
Each year, parents spend up to $35,000 to send their children to Knox.
A police investigation determined that it included no child abuse content.
In the chat area, users used nicknames such as “n*****removalservice” and “Fa**othater3000.”
One of the alarming posts stated, “I detest fems, I despise gays, Jews, those who don’t play Fortnite, furries, n*****s, I adore titties, feet, abortion, rape, and drugs.”
Tuesday, Knox Grammar undertook an internal review, and principal Scott James informed parents that 74 chat room handles had been uncovered.
Several students at Knox Grammar have been suspended for their participation in the organization, and an internal investigation has been initiated (pictured, a mock-up of some of the Discord messages)
In a letter to parents (shown), Knox Headmaster Scott James stated that the participating pupils had written “inappropriate communications and abusive commentary in secret chat rooms.”
The letters contain a combination of sexist, racist, and anti-Semitic views, as well as some extreme anti-abortion remarks (pictured, a mock-up of the Discord messages)
Mr. Scott previously disclosed that twenty students were facing disciplinary action, with some being suspended and expelled.
Sarah Mitchell, the Education Minister of New South Wales, stated there will be zero tolerance for chatroom participants.
She remarked, “I was horrified and appalled to discover of the actions in these chat rooms.”
“This is not the type of behavior we anticipate from students in New South Wales.” I’ve requested that the NSW Education Standards Authority closely monitor the situation at Knox and implement the necessary processes.
In one post, a student pretended to love Adolf Hitler, while another claimed to be a “pedophilic maniac who rapes babies for a livelihood.”
“Why wasn’t I invited to the gang rape party?” another said.
Another unsettling comment stated, “If I get a female pregnant and I wore a condom, I’m f***ing reaching my hand into her stomach.”
Additionally, James Ruse Agricultural High School students are thought to have participated in the group chat.
While anonymously responding to queries about the issue on Reddit, a teacher claiming to be from Knox criticized “North Shore culture” – a reference to the privileged circumstances in which some children are nurtured in the area where the school is located.
The teacher commented, “I feel as though certain kids have a ‘North Shore’ mentality, wherein they are fairly close-minded about the world.”
‘However, this does not represent every student, and some children at the school are actually courteous and humble.
The school is doing all possible to discourage young guys from having such ideas. However, it is challenging since some pupils still possess a ‘North Shore mindset.’