Can you imagine the insult??

An Apple staff member has come under fire for appearing to force six black teenagers from the store over fears they would ‘steal something’.

The technology company has been branded ‘racist’ after the footage of the exchange was posted on Twitter and was ‘retweeted’ thousands of times.

The video shows two of the teens exchanging words with the Apple employee at the entrance of the store, at the popular Highpoint Shopping Centre in Melbourne, Australia on Tuesday.

The male staff member is heard saying: ‘These guys are just a bit worried about your presence in our store. They’re just a bit worried you might steal something.’

Clearly shocked, the boys respond saying: ‘Why would we steal something?’ to which the staff member replies: ‘Guys, end of discussion. I need to ask you to leave our store.’

The students appear to continue to question their treatment after the video clip ends.

Speaking to news agency Fairfax Media, Mabior Ater said: ‘I’ve been coming to Highpoint for a long time and I never thought something like this would happen. Of course, I’m offended.’

People have responded to the video with anger and are calling it ‘disgusting’.

According to the local newspaper The Age, the students’ school principal Nick Scott accompanied the six boys to the Apple store to get an apology.

Mabior said: ‘She apologised to us and told us that we are welcome here anytime. It feels like we have justice now.’

A spokeswoman from Apple told the newspaper it was investigating what happened and provided a quote from Apple CEO Tim Cook saying they are committed to ‘equality for everyone, regardless of race, age, gender, gender identity, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation.’

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