american university
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DC Entrepreneur Buys Strip Mall for Black-Owned Businesses
The Spice Suite’s Angel Gregorio is giving Black-owned businesses in the DC-area a place to call their own.
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White Supremacist Troll Forced to Publicly Apologize to Black Student He Harassed
A racist internet troll has settled a lawsuit filed by American University’s first black student body president after he helped a white supremacist website launch a vicious campaign of harassment and racial threats. The Associated Press reports that Evan James McCarty has agreed to submit to “anti-hate training,” as well as offering an apology in…
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American University’s 1st Black Student Government President Sues Neo-Nazi Leader for Racist Threats
When Taylor Dumpson became the first black student body president at American University, she also became the target of neo-Nazi trolls who made her life a living hell. Now she’s repaying the favor. CNN reports that Dumpson has filed a federal lawsuit against Andrew Anglin, the founder and publisher of the Daily Stormer, a website…
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Photos of Suspect in American University Incident Involving Confederate Flag and Cotton Released
American University (alas, a perfect metaphor for America) continues to be the site of racist paraphernalia meant to intimidate and terrorize black students. NBC 4 Washington reports that at least 10 fliers with Confederate flags were found in four different buildings on the campus Tuesday night. The fliers featured an image of a Confederate flag…
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Another Noose Found in the DC Area, This Time at a Construction Site
Well, another noose turned up in Washington, D.C., this time, police say, at a house under construction in the southeast part of the city. This will make at least the fifth time that this hateful symbol of violence has appeared around the nation’s capital recently. According to CNN, officers went to the construction site Thursday…
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Neo-Nazi Leader Orders White Supremacists to Harass American University’s 1st Black Female Student Body President
After American University elected the first African-American woman to lead its student body, the white supremacist leader who founded one of the largest hate sites on the internet began an online campaign to troll her and her sorority with racist taunts, according to a report by ABC News. Taylor Dumpson recently began her tenure as…
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American University Releases Video of Person of Interest in Racially Charged Banana Incident; Campus Police Offer $1,000 Reward
American University is determined to capture the person who was involved in leaving bananas hanging from nooses on its Washington, D.C., campus. The school has released two surveillance videos in an effort to track down the suspect in what campus police are calling a “racially motivated hate crime.” According to ABC News, both videos were…
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American University Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Taunted With Bananas
American University’s race issues over the last two years have been brought to the media’s attention. In 2015, racist messages were being spewed on the popular social media campus app Yak. And just last year, bananas were thrown at black students. On Monday, it seems, racists were back to using bananas to convey their racist messages…
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DC's American University Investigating Report of Banana Thrown at Black Student
The American University in Washington, D.C., is investigating two white male freshmen after a black female student reported that a banana was thrown through her dorm-room door earlier this month, the Washington Post reports. According to the report, the incident took place Sept. 8 in the Anderson dormitory and is just one of a series…