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Apple apologized to black students who were asked to leave a store because they 'might steal something'
Max Slater-RobinsNov 12, 2015, 15:57 IST
Apple has made an apology to six Australian schoolboys after they were asked to leave by an employee over fears they "might steal something."
The video, filmed by Francis Ose, appeared on Facebook and has been shared over 920 times.
The incident occurred in Melbourne's Highpoint shopping center on Tuesday and was described by Ose, who is black, as "simply [racist]." He went onto say that "[we] made them apologize tho." According to the BBC, the Apple Store employees apologized to all six boys and their school principle. Another boy, Mohamed Semra, said that the group was satisfied with Apple's apology. "They apologized, so we're chilling, no need to take it further," he said. The video shows the boys being asked to leave. When they protest, the employee says its the "end of discussion - I need to ask you to leave our store." All of the boys are in Year 10 at Maribyrnong College in Melbourne, according to the BBC. Please enable Javascript to watch this video