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Grace Christian Academy responded after a video shared on social media Wednesday showed a student wearing a white hood commonly associated with the Ku Klux Klan while shouting a racial slur.

The video starts with one person unfolding a metal chair that shows Grace Christian Academy's logo, with ambient music playing in the background, along with another person's laughter off-camera. He then ushers another person into the room, telling him to sit down.

In the video, this person was wearing a white hood and carried a wooden staff with a container of what appeared to be hardwood floor cleaner.

A person off-camera then screamed and commanded the person wearing the hood to talk. He shouted "who do we hate?" before screaming a racial slur. Throughout the video, people off camera are heard cackling and laughing.

Officials with Grace Christian Academy said they were aware of the video and were taking disciplinary steps, but did not specify what those steps were. Grace Christian Academy told WBIR the following:

The leadership of Grace Baptist Church and Grace Christian Academy were made aware of an incident that occurred. We are taking appropriate disciplinary steps to address this issue.