A top diplomat in China issued an apology on Thursday and condemned racism following international outcry over videos of a Chinese man in Malawi using Black children to make demeaning and racists statements about themselves.

The diplomat said China has “zero tolerance” for racism adding that the incident is the actions of one “fool,” and does not represent the people of China as a whole.

Republican U.S. Senator Marco Rubio also condemned the videos calling them “disgusting and inhumane.”

BNN reported earlier this week on the man who was identified on video as the person responsible for producing racist videos in Malawi that were sold to Chinese nationals. The man is accused of coercing the children by paying them change — and sometimes using physical violence — to make statements such as they are “monsters” and their “IQ is low.”

The videos of the man circulated on social media thanks to African vloggers who were outraged by the videos.

Amid the fallout, according to Chinese officials, they are now offering a Master’s degree program for Malawians as a gesture of good relations.

Many is Malawi — and Africans elsewhere — are still skeptical of Chinese officials’ apology and their assessment of racial attitudes there.

More about China’s response to the racist videos can be found here.