University of North Carolina Coach Who Allegedly Made Racist Comments, Resigns
Reportedly, Coach Sylvia Hatchell had told her players that they would be hung “from trees with nooses” if there on-the-court performance did not improve.
Campus Racial Incidents
Apr 23, 2019 | 0 comments
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Racist Video Showing Ohio University Students Circulated on Social Media
A racist video showing students at Ohio University was found on a GroupMe chat and then was widely circulated on social media. The video show one student reciting a rhyme with a racial slur.
Apr 19, 2019 | 0 comments
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Hollins University President Removes Digital Access to Four Yearbooks Containing Racist Imagery
The president of Hollins University, a liberal arts educational institution for women in Roanoke, Virginia, removed online access to four of the university’s yearbooks. Those particular issues of the university’s yearbooks contain photos of students and faculty in blackface or have other racist imagery.
Apr 10, 2019 | 0 comments
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Vandals Deface a Memorial to Enslaved Black Workers at the University of North Carolina
The Unsung Founders Memorial was installed in 2005 to honor the enslaved and free African-Americans who helped construct buildings on campus. Vandals wrote racist language on the memorial in permanent marker and also urinated on it.
Apr 09, 2019 | 0 comments
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University of Georgia Fraternity Suspended After Racist Video Appears on Social Media
The 30-second video shows one individual hitting another individual with a belt. One person is heard saying “Pick my cotton, bitch.” Later in the video, a racial slur was substituted for the word “bitch.”
University of Missouri Fires Police Officer After Officials Uncover Racist Picture
Recently, the University of Missouri fired a university police officer immediately after officials verified the authenticity of a photo of the officer appearing in blackface.
Mar 31, 2019 | 0 comments
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Racist Video of College of Charleston Students Circulated Online
The U.S. Census Bureau says that Blacks make up more than 27 percent of South Carolina’s population. But, African Americans make up just 8 percent of the undergraduate student body at the state-operated College of Charleston.
Mar 13, 2019 | 0 comments
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Race-Related Arson on the Campus of the University of La Verne in California
A photo was posted on social media of university students who were protesting against racism. The caption read, “Every single one in this photo will get what’ coming to them.” The next day, a burning backpack was found in one student’s car.
Mar 12, 2019 | 0 comments
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University of Tennessee Students Post Racist Photo on Social Media
The photo included four university students, two of whom had donned charcoal face masks.
Black Doll Found Hanging From a Shower Rod in a Residence Hall at Eastern Michigan University
The student who hung the doll insisted that it was merely “a prank.” The president of the university called the incident “a racist act” and turned over the results of the university’s investigation to local prosecutors.
Feb 22, 2019 | 0 comments
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Eastern Virginia Medical School to Investigate Racist Photos in Yearbooks
Following the revelation that Virginia Governor Ralph Northam had a photograph of a student in blackface and another student in a Ku Klux Klan costume on his 1984 yearbook page, the Eastern Virginia Medical School announced it would investigate how this could have happened.
Feb 06, 2019 | 0 comments
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Two University of Oklahoma Students in Blackface Post Video on Social Media
Two White women at the University of Oklahoma posted a video on social media showing one of the women in blackface and using a racial slur. The two women have now withdrawn from the university.
Student at the University of Tennessee Uses Racial Slur in Social Media Video
A member of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority at the University of Tennessee was suspended from the Greek organization after a racist video surfaced on social media. The student was asked on a short video what she called Black people. She shouted “Niggers.”
Jan 08, 2019 | 0 comments
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Two Students at St. John Fisher College Vandalize Statue of Frederick Douglass
Two football players at St. Jon Fisher College were reportedly yelling racial slurs when they pulled down a statue of Frederick Douglass.
Student Shouted White Supremacist Views in Confrontation With Black Students at Columbia
A White sophomore at Columbia University in New York City was seen on video harassing a group of African American students outside the Butler Library on campus.
Dec 18, 2018 | 0 comments
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Racist Graffiti at Goucher College in Baltimore Threatens African American Students
The graffiti which contained a racial slur, included the dormitory room numbers where Black students lived. African Americans make up 15 percent of the undergraduate student body at Goucher College.
Nov 19, 2018 | 0 comments
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Davidson College Investigating Racist Tweets Allegedly Posted by Students
Davidson College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution in North Carolina, is investigating racist and anti-Semitic tweets. The Davidson College Sailing Team reportedly has removed two of its students due to connections with the racist tweets.
Nov 13, 2018 | 0 comments
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Racial Slur Found Written on a Blackboard in a Vanderbilt University Lecture Hall
The Vanderbilt University Police Department is still conducting its own investigation and has notified the Metro Nashville Police Department, the Tennessee Fusion Center, and the FBI.
Nov 09, 2018 | 0 comments
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White Student at Historically Black North Carolina Central University Posts Racist Comments
The student used a racial slur in a post on Facebook. She also stated “wish I could take credit” under a screenshot of a story about explosive devices that were sent to the residence of President Obama.
Nov 04, 2018 | 4 comments
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University of South Alabama Suspends Student, Fires Employee After a Racial Incident
A student at the University of South Alabama in Mobile confessed to hanging a bicycle and two nooses in a tree outside a campus dining hall. Additionally, a dining hall employee was fired after an offensive tweet concerning the incident was posted from the university’s official dining hall twitter account.
Oct 12, 2018 | 0 comments
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University of Maryland Creates a “Safe Space” for White Students
A flyer from the University of Maryland’s Counseling Center stated that the group, called White Awake, was a place for “White students to explore their experiences, questions, reactions, and feelings” on race.
Sep 25, 2018 | 5 comments
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African American Cheerleader Files Suit Against Kennesaw State University in Georgia
Tommia Dean, a former cheerleader at Kennesaw State University, is suing the university for violating her right to freedom of speech. Last season Dean knelt during the playing of the national anthem to protest police brutality directed against African Americans.
Sep 18, 2018 | 0 comments
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Consortium of College and University Journalists Looks at Hate Crimes in America
The 2018 investigation, conducted by students from 21 colleges and universities, analyzed the federal National Crime Victimization Survey and found more than 2.4 million cases of hate crimes from 2012 to 2016.
Sep 05, 2018 | 0 comments
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Racial Slur Written on a Sign Outside the Center for Black Culture at Duke University
A sign on the outside of the Center for Black Culture at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, was defaced with a racial slur. The sign was immediately covered and will be repainted.
Aug 27, 2018 | 0 comments
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Princeton Review’s List of Colleges With Little Race/Class Interaction
Among the Princeton Review’s 384 Best Colleges, Providence College in Rhode Island was rated as having the least race/class interaction. African Americans are just 4 percent of the undergraduate student body at Providence College.
Aug 22, 2018 | 0 comments
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Thousands of People at Vanderbilt University Receive Racist Emails
Thousands of students, faculty and staff at Vanderbilt University received racist emails from a White supremacist group. The university was able to discover that the emails were sent from external systems using sophisticated masking techniques to hide who sent the messages.
Aug 14, 2018 | 0 comments
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Employee of Smith College Calls the Police After Seeing a Black Student in a Common Room
The student was sitting in a common room on campus eating her lunch. The employee, who the college has not named, called police to say that an individual who “seemed to be out of place” was on campus.
Aug 07, 2018 | 0 comments
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Racist Instagram Post Leads to Student Protests at St. John’s University
After a racist photo was posted online, students on the Staten Island campus of St. john’s University staged a protest. The protesters were allegedly told to “go back from where you come from” and were taunted by White students with racial slurs.
A Series of Racial Incidents at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana
A racist threat was found in a restroom on campus. A student dressed in blackface and wearing an offensive sign was seen at a local bar, and a racial slur was spelled out in stones at the DePauw Nature Park.
Apr 23, 2018 | 3 comments
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Student Newspaper Exposes Racist Fraternity Initiation Video at Syracuse University
The university said 18 students had been “removed from academic participation” due to the video. A spokesperson said that “alternative class and study arrangements will be made for these students as the judicial process moves forward.”
Apr 23, 2018 | 0 comments
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Racially Insenstive Photos Posted by Fraternity Members at California Polytechnic State University
The photos included a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity dressed in blackface and other members dressed in what was referred to as “gangsta” attire.
Apr 15, 2018 | 3 comments
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Lehigh University Student Charged With Ethnic Intimidation of Roommate
Racist graffiti was scrawled on the walls inside a dormitory room shared by two students at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Later, one of the two roommates was arrested and charged with ethnic intimidation, institutional vandalism, and criminal mischief.
Racist Graffiti Found in a Residence Hall at Kettering University in Flint, Michigan
On two occasions, racist graffiti was founded written on the wall in a bathroom at a residence hall at Kettering University. The graffiti targeted African American students. African Americans make up 3 percent of the undergraduate student body at the university.
Mar 20, 2018 | 0 comments
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Racist Posts on Social Media Reportedly Made by Students at the University of Pittsburgh
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Pittsburgh is looking into a series of racist posts on social media that were included in a group message by several university students.
University of Alabama Expels White Woman After She Posted Racist Videos
A White woman student from New Jersey at the University of Alabama was expelled from the educational institution after she posted racist videos on social media.
Jan 23, 2018 | 0 comments
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Racists Signs Posted on the Campus of the University of South Carolina
One of the flyers read: “You stupid monkeys handed Trump the White House, the minute you handed Hillary the nomination.” The second flyer stated in part, “Dumb Black Asses just pull the lever for whomever the party machine says to.”
Jan 19, 2018 | 0 comments
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