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"MAN IN THE MIRROR."

Namtira Bwala; the girl who was bullied at LBS There's a video making the rounds on social media that has sparked outrage among internet users, and rightfully so. In the video, a girl can be seen standing helpless while being slapped repeatedly by another girl. I'm not sure what the context is: are they classmates? Or what seems more likely, one is a senior student and the other is a junior student. Now none of the scenes above justifies the actions taken against that dear girl, but there are slightly nuanced thoughts in these different situations. If they're classmates, well, the sad actions in that video mirror a community with a highly weakened conscience. There are so many videos of people being beaten to an inch of their life and stomped on while bystanders watch or cheer on the act (I don't mean videos where a person is caught in some crime and meets 'jungle justice'—that isn't good either). If they're not classmates and it's a case of one stud