US student in 'blackface' mocks Black Lives Matter campaign
A video of a US student in "blackface" apparently mocking the Black Lives Matter campaign has sparked outrage.
The Snapchat video shows a white student wearing an Albright College T-shirt with her face painted brown.
She is then heard to say "Black Lives Matter" - seeming to make fun of the protest movement - before dancing offensively for the camera.
Race tensions are high in the US currently, amid growing anger over police killings of black people.
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