Joshua Telemaque, 17, a student at St. Mary’s Catholic Secondary School in Pickering, immediately east of Toronto, submitted a tribute to his grandmother in his write-up for the yearbook, saying “RIP Grandma. Thank you for guiding me through my four years of high school.”
But his words were replaced with the message, "Rip Harambe Dooga booga.O.”—a reference to a gorilla that died at Cincinnati Zoo in 2016 and subsequently became a meme.
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But his words were replaced with the message, "Rip Harambe Dooga booga.O.”—a reference to a gorilla that died at Cincinnati Zoo in 2016 and subsequently became a meme.
A Black Student’s Grad Tribute Was Replaced With a Racist 'Harambe' Message
The school board has apologized “to the Black community” and said it is launching an investigation into the racist incident.

