racism on college campuses
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A Black Yale Student Took a Nap in a Dorm Common Room. A White Classmate Called the Cops on Her [Updated]
Updated: Thursday, May 10, 2018, 8:20 a.m. EDT: The Yale Daily News has identified the white grad student who called the cops on a black classmate as Sarah Braasch. The campus paper also sheds more light on an earlier incident when Braasch called campus police on the same classmate, Lolade Siyonbola, and another black grad…
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New Report Says White Supremacist Propaganda Spiked on College Campuses Last Year
White supremacist propaganda on college and university campuses increased more than 258 percent in 2017 compared with 2016, according to a new report released by the Anti-Defamation League. As the Chronicle of Higher Education reports, the ADL tracked 147 incidents of white supremacist propaganda on campuses during the fall 2017 semester alone. This includes flyers,…
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Professor Targeted With Racist Signs After Promoting Class About Dismantling White Supremacy
The director of the African-American-studies program at the University of Montana has been targeted for teaching a new class: “White Supremacy History/Defeat.” Professor Tobin Miller Shearer says that a flyer he put up detailing the new class was recently replaced by a sign that advertises a new, made-up class: “Black Nationalism History/Defeat.” The Missoulian reports…
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Westfield State U Investigating After Student Claims Racist Message Was Written on Her Door
Westfield State University in Massachusetts has launched an investigation into “discriminatory and highly offensive language” after a black student reported finding a racial slur written on her door. According to MassLive, the student, a senior at Westfield State, shared a photo on social media, claiming that someone wrote “niggers live here” on a name tag…
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University of Md. Names New Diversity Officer After Racial Incidents, Including Killing of Black Student, on Campus
The University of Maryland has tapped a national leader in multicultural education as its new chief diversity officer after complaints from students about a hostile racial climate on the College Park campus and that the school was not doing enough. The Baltimore Sun reports that Roger L. Worthington has been chosen for the new post…
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Black College Basketball Player Denied Spot on Team Because She Wouldn’t Stand for Racism
Racism on college campuses is nothing new and not at all surprising, but it still brings with it a familiar feeling of disappointment when it interferes with students’ ability to enjoy the college experience and participate in activities they are good at. In the case of one black student from Virginia, racism led to her…
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'Kill N–gers' Scrawled on Whiteboard on Fla. University Campus
A Florida university campus has been left in shock after a threatening sentence was left scrawled on a whiteboard on campus, accompanied by a graphic drawing, WBBH reports. According to the report, the problematic image showed up about two weeks ago and the culprit is still unknown. The image was found at Florida Gulf Coast University…