racist graffiti
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‘Dumb Black Asses’ and ‘You Stupid Monkeys’ Signs Posted at University of South Carolina for MLK Day
Black students at the University of South Carolina received a warm welcome on the first day of classes when students discovered racist signs posted on a campus bulletin board. According to the Post and Courier, senior journalism student Leland Williams Jr. said that a group of minority students found out about the signs around 9…
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Black Cadet Found Responsible for Racist Graffiti at Air Force Academy
In September, the Air Force Academy Preparatory School was rocked by racist vandalism that was found on the doors of five black cadets. The incident made national headlines, while photos of the graffiti, which read, “Go home nigger,” traveled far and wide. In a speech that went viral, the academy’s head, Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria,…
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Kansas State University Black Student Union Demands That Charges Be Filed in Racist Graffiti ‘Prank’
Despite the fact that Riley County, Kan., police opted not to charge a black man who admitted to tagging his own car with horrifying, racist graffiti and sparking tensions across the community, the Kansas State University Black Student Union is not at all pleased and is demanding that the perpetrator face charges. Earlier this week,…
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Black Man Admits to Vandalizing His Car With Racist Graffiti in ‘Halloween Prank That Got Out of Hand’
A black Kansas man has admitted to tagging his own car with horrific, racist graffiti that disgusted residents and sparked racial tensions, calling the incident a “Halloween prank that got out of hand.” The car—which was parked in an apartment complex near Kansas State University—was covered in washable yellow paint with slurs like “Go Home…
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FBI Leading Investigation After Car Near Kansas State University Vandalized With Racial Slurs
“Go Home Nigger Boy,” “Fuck You Die Dumb Nigger,” “Date Your Own Kind”: These are but some of the horrific slurs that were tagged on a car near Kansas State University Wednesday, and now students at the school say they are tired of the racism that occurs on and around campus. According to the Kansas…
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Former Student Charged With Racist Vandalism at Eastern Michigan University
Eddie Curlin, an African-American former student at Eastern Michigan University, was arraigned Monday morning in Washtenaw County, Mich., District Court on multiple charges stemming from three racist vandalism incidents that took place on the campus between September 2016 and spring 2017. In September 2016, Curlin, who attended EMU 2014-2016 and is currently serving a sentence…
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Racial Slur Scrawled on Black Military Cadets’ Doors—and the Air Force Academy’s Response Is Weak
This week, five African-American students at Air Force Academy Prep School in Colorado found the words “Niggers go home” scrawled on the dry-erase boards outside their dorm rooms. Once the Air Force Academy, which runs the school, became aware of the racial graffiti, the academy’s superintendent, Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria, rattled off a statement to…
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Fla. Family Finds Racial Slur and 'Trump 17' Painted on Burned Home
A Lake City, Fla., family say they’re shocked after finding racist graffiti painted on what was left of their home, which was lost in an unrelated fire on New Year’s Eve, Action News Jax reports. The family have a 6-year-old child who is battling leukemia and now cannot come home after having a bone marrow…
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Black Va. Schoolhouse Built in 1892 Defaced With ‘White Power’ Signs
The Ashburn Colored School opened in 1892, a single-room schoolhouse that gave black children in Northern Virginia the opportunity to receive an education, 30 years after the Civil War ended in the capital of the Confederacy. The school was horribly vandalized this weekend. For the past two years, CNN reports, local students had tirelessly worked…