Racist Drawings Found on the Campus of SUNY-Purchase
Filed in Campus Racial Incidents on April 10, 2015
Drawings of swastikas and nooses were found drawn on the walls of three residence halls at the State University of New York campus in Purchase. In one instances a drawing was found on the dormitory door of a room shared by Black and Jewish students.
SUNY-Purchase is located north of New York City in Westchester County. It enrolls about 4,200 undergraduate students. Blacks make up 8 percent of the undergraduate student body.
Thomas Schwarz, president of SUNY-Purchase, said in a statement: “These crimes are reprehensible and unacceptable. I speak for the community in condemning this invasive, racist, and sick behavior.”
