Racist Banner Unfurled on an Overpass at the University of California, Davis

Four white men wearing black clothing and masks displayed a banner over the Highway 113 bicycle overpass on the campus of the University of California, Davis that contained racist and antisemitic statements. A similar incident occurred the previous weekend. University police have determined this to be a hate incident of concern to the campus community.

“We are sickened that anyone would invest any time in such cowardly acts of hate and intimidation,” said Gary S. May, chancellor of the University of California, Davis. “They have no place here. We encourage our community to stand against antisemitism and racism. Our Principles of Community remind us to strive to build and maintain a culture based on mutual respect and caring. White supremacy, hate, and intimidation have no place here.”

African Americans are 2 percent of the more than 31,000-member undergraduate student body at the university.

Related Articles

Leave a Reply

Get the JBHE Weekly Bulletin

Receive our weekly email newsletter delivered to your inbox

Latest News

Recent Books of Interest to African American Scholars

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. The books included are on a wide variety of subjects and present many different points of view.

Online Articles That May Be of Interest to JBHE Readers

Each week, JBHE will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week’s selections.

Higher Education Gifts or Grants of Interest to African Americans

Here is this week’s news of grants or gifts to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.

Three Black Leaders Appointed to Diversity Positions at Colleges and Universities

The three scholars appointed to admininstraive positions relating to diversity are Marsha McGriff at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, JeffriAnne Wilder at Oberlin College in Ohio, and Branden Delk at Illinois State University.

Featured Jobs