Authorities in Los Angeles launched an investigation on Wednesday after a video emerged online showing several high school students covering their faces with dark paint and using racial slurs.

The video, originally posted to Snapchat and later shared on Twitter, documents a group of predominantly female students laughing as one male teenager’s face is coated with a dark paint.

The female recording the short clip can be heard calling out ‘white n*****’ as other students watch on laughing and using racially charged language, with many of their faces having also been painted.

‘Ooga booga n*****,’ calls out another girl, causing another sickening raucous of laughter to break out.

Those documented in the video are said to be students of Quartz Hill High School, in Lancaster, California. It was filmed off campus during summer break.

The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department says they’ve been made aware of the video and are now investigating the incident.

Students, parents, officials and viewers online alike have all voiced their outrage in a collective voice.

‘I mean it’s crazy,’ 14-year-old Quartz Hill student Michaela told NBC4. ‘Because this is my generation. And seeing that my generation is doing this – it’s kind of like, it’s a disgrace to this generation because we are known as the future leaders.’

One of the Twitter users responsible for circulating the video so widely branded it ‘disgusting’ and urged the online sphere to help her ‘get these nasty kids in trouble’.

Antelope Valley School District officials issued a statement decrying the heinous stunt as ‘deeply offensive’, describing the teens’ actions as ‘inexcusable racist behavior’.

The female recording the short clip can be heard calling out ‘white n*****’ as other students watch on laughing and using racially charged language

Those documented in the video are said to be students of Quartz Hill High School, in Lancaster, California. It was filmed off campus during summer break

‘This runs counter to the District’s core values of integrity, respect for the individual, diversity, and community. We are working on identifying those in the video, while including our law enforcement partners, and will take action as deemed appropriate,’ a district spokesperson continued.

‘We strive to provide a culture of inclusivity and kindness. We ask all parents, students and community members to share our commitment to compassionate and kind conduct both on and off campus.’

Speaking to ABC Eyewitness News, a mother of one of the students in the video tearfully explained that though her child had done something ‘insensitive and stupid’, she insists she isn’t racist.

The anonymous woman added that her family has received death threats since the video was posted online and now they’re in hiding.

Quartz Hill High School has since directly addressed the issue to parents in a letter that was circulated on Wednesday.

‘While this video goes against everything QHHS stands for, we will not let it shape our school culture,’ the letter states. ‘Our true strength is our diversity and our unity of purpose in creating an inclusive, compassionate and safe school culture.’

The school added that it has been having conversations with parents about the concerning video, as they prepare to enroll their children in Summer school.

Beginning on July 1, counselors will visit each class to reinforce the school’s values of unity, an official confirmed.

The incident involving Quatz Hill students worryingly comes as part of an apparent emerging trend among teenagers in middle and high schools across the country, with a number of other white adolescents have been caught uploading similar videos and pictures of them appearing in black face and using racist language.

Typically, the videos are first posted to friends on Snapchat, but later prompt widespread outrage when they’re posted on Facebook and Snapchat.

Earlier this month, two similar disturbing videos depicting a 14-year-old white girl from Frenso, California, surfaced on social media.

In the first of the clips, the young girl can be heard declaring ‘Who said I can’t say n*****?,’ with black face-paint or make-up smeared across her face.

Appearing to be at home during the short video, a group of her friends can be heard incessantly giggling in the background.

Another video of the same girl shows her voicing even more incredibly bigoted and offensive language, but this time she was filmed spewing the racially-charged rhetoric on the campus of Bullard High School.

The cheerleader can be heard declaring ‘Who said I can’t say ni****?,’ with black face-paint or make-up smeared across her face

In response, community activist Stacy Williams posted the video to Facebook, eliciting a wealth of irate responses.

‘When our schools create a campus culture of hate & racism, & act in complicit silence, we as a community must protect our children,’ Williams said in relation to the video.

She added that online racist incidents bridge beyond social media and soon spread onto campuses.

In May, two Utah high school students were disciplined after they appeared in blackface in a racist photo that spread across social media.

The horrifying image shows one person, who has since been identified as an adult, wearing a white hood over their head meant to resemble the Ku Klux Klan uniform.

He is holding the two students, who are on their knees, by the neck. Portions of their face have been painted black and they are all standing in front of a Confederate flag.

‘N***** hunting 2019: I’m glad I could fill my tags this year,’ the caption reads.

Two Utah high school students have been disciplined after they appeared in blackface in a racist photo that spread across Snapchat and Twitter

A similar incident also occurred in January, where two female students at Brooklyn private School Polly Prep were documented wearing blackface while grunting and making ape gestures.

Following the video’s circulation, the school was accused of fostering ‘a trend of hatred’ having failed to expel the students.

One of the girls was eventually transferred from the school and the other culprit agreed to withdraw.

Students of the school staged a walk out days afterwards, claiming that administrators had failed to adequately address the racist incident.

‘We left to experience our peers’ continued disregard of our humanity, students of color question why our administration fails to take a clear stance against their behavior,’ seniors Jeovanna deShong-Connor and Talisha Ward said.