Fairfield University Students Hold a “Ghetto-Themed” Party
Photos posted on the internet showed Fairfield University students wearing baggy clothes, gold chains, and fake baby bumps while drinking 40-ounce beers at an off-campus party.
Campus Racial Incidents
Feb 26, 2016 | 2 comments
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University of California, Davis Student Assaulted in Alleged Hate Crime Incident
An African American student at the University of California, Davis alleges she was assaulted as she walked near her residence at UC Davis West Village in what police are calling a hate crime.
Feb 23, 2016 | 0 comments
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Black High School Students Touring Texas A&M Campus Accosted With Racial Slurs
According to their campus tour guide and an official from the preparatory school, the Black students were accosted by a group of White students who used racial slurs and told then to “go back where you came from.”
Feb 19, 2016 | 2 comments
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Three Black Women Attacked on a Bus at the University at Albany
Three Black women students at the University at Albany of the State University of New York System said they were confronted by racial slurs and attacked by a group of White men and women on a local bus.
Feb 05, 2016 | 8 comments
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Diversity Chief at Missouri State University Is Stepping Down
After allegations that Kenneth Coopwood had been treated unfairly due to his race and a university investigation that determined he had not been discriminated against, Dr. Coopwood decided to resign.
Tillman Hall Controversy Continues at Clemson University
Recently, graffiti was written on two adjoining outside walls of the building named in 1946 for segregationist-era senator and governor “Pitchfork” Ben Tillman. The spray-painted graffiti read: “Rename Tillman Hall” and “Stop Honoring Tillman.”
Jan 19, 2016 | 0 comments
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Racial Slur Published in the Annual Report of Lawrence University
After the annual report was published, an alumnus of the university noticed that in a photograph of university officials a racial slur had been written in chalk on the wall behind the executives.
Jan 04, 2016 | 0 comments
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Kutztown University Bans Confederate Flags and Then Reconsiders
Kutztown University, a campus of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, announced a policy that banned Confederate flags and swastikas in students’ dormitory rooms. Days later the university backtracked on the ban.
Dec 28, 2015 | 0 comments
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Duke University to Study How It Deals With Bias and Hate on Campus
Duke University has created a task force that will be charged with a broad review of Duke’s policies, practices and culture as they pertain to bias and hate in the Duke student experience.
Dec 08, 2015 | 0 comments
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Racial Slur Found on Restroom Door at the University of Iowa
A message containing a racial slur was found carved on the inside of a bathroom door in the Spence Laboratories on the campus of the University of Iowa.
Dec 04, 2015 | 2 comments
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University of Kansas Faculty Member Placed on Leave After Allegedly Using Racial Slur in Class
In a letter to the campus community, students in the class stated that the assistant professor said, “As a White woman I just never have seen the racism…It’s not like I see ‘Nigger’ spray painted on walls.”
Dec 02, 2015 | 0 comments
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Black Student at Lewis & Clark College Says He Was Beaten by Whites Yelling Racial Slurs
The attack on the Lewis & Clark campus in Portland, Oregon, came days after several racist statements threatening Black students appeared on the social media app Yik-Yak. One post stated, “I just want to hang you ignorant Black people.”
After Campus Protests, a Backlash of Racist Incidents Occur on College Campuses
It comes as no surprise that in the aftermath of campus protests on issues dealing with race, there has been a backlash, with several race-related incidents occurring on campuses across the nation.
The Aftermath of a Historic Week at the University of Missouri
Black students emboldened by their success in forcing the resignation of system president Tim Wolfe, pressed on with demands. The university hired a diversity officer and announced other initiatives. But tensions remained high after threats against Black students were made on social media.
Former Faculty Member at Harris-Stowe State University Wins Discrimination Lawsuit
A White woman, who is a former instructor at Harris-Stowe State University, a historically Black educational institution in St. Louis, was awarded $4,850,000 from a jury in a circuit court racial discrimination case.
Nov 09, 2015 | 3 comments
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After Black Student Protests, President of the University of Missouri System Resigns
After a Black student went on a hunger strike and the University of Missouri football team refused to practice or play to protest a lack of inaction on several racial incidents, the system president and the Columbia campus chancellor resigned.
Nov 09, 2015 | 0 comments
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Women Claim They Were Excluded From a Yale Party Due to the Color of Their Skin
The women students said that a guard at the door to the fraternity house told them, “We’re only looking for White girls.”
Nov 06, 2015 | 4 comments
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Student Newspaper Editors Apologize for Printing “Offensive” Illustration
The student newspaper at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh printed an illustration on its front page depicting s stereotypical portrayal of a Black student.
Nov 03, 2015 | 2 comments
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University of Missouri Announces Required Diversity Training After Racist Incidents
After two racial incidents on campus, the university’s chancellor called for an end to hate and announced mandatory training for faculty, staff, and all incoming students.
Oct 20, 2015 | 2 comments
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Students Wear Blackface at UCLA Party
The Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and the Alpha Phi sorority at the University of California, Los Angeles held a “Kanye Western” party. Some White students wore baggy pants and used blackface.
Oct 19, 2015 | 0 comments
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Newspaper Article Produces Turmoil on the Wesleyan University Campus
An op-ed piece on the Black Lives Matter movement in the student newspaper produced protests and calls for the student government to stop funding the paper.
Oct 06, 2015 | 0 comments
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Blackface Incident at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington
Five members of the women’s soccer team at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington, were suspended after photographs of them in blackface were posted on social media. The White soccer players were in costume as the Jackson 5.
Sep 08, 2015 | 2 comments
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Racial Incidents at Bucknell University and Georgia Tech
A racist message was written on the door of a faculty member at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, and a Black woman student alleges that she was subjected to racial slurs by three members of a fraternity at Georgia Tech.
Sep 01, 2015 | 0 comments
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Racial Incident on the Campus of Emporia State University in Kansas
A Black couple, who were both employees of the university, allege that they have been subjected to a racially hostile work environment after filing a complaint when they had found a racial slur directed at them in a university office.
Aug 10, 2015 | 0 comments
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Racial Hate in Public Schools Appears to Be on the Decline
New data from the U.S. Department of Education shows that large numbers of Black students are still subjected to hate speech and hate-related graffiti at schools. But a far lower percentage of Black students were exposed in 2013 than was in the case in 2005.
Jul 27, 2015 | 2 comments
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Hate Crimes on College Campuses Up Slightly
In 2012 there were 791 reported hate crimes on college and university campuses in the United States. Of the 791 reported hate crimes, 355, or 44.8 percent, were motivated by race.
Jul 22, 2015 | 0 comments
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Lawsuit Claims Black Women Basketball Players Were Placed in a Racially Hostile Environment
Seven former women’s basketball players at the University of Illinois have filed a federal lawsuit claiming that the head coach and the assistant coach created a racially hostile environment for African American players.
Jul 07, 2015 | 0 comments
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Three Racial Discrimination Suits Filed Against North Carolina Central University
One White faculty member says he was fired because of his race and a Latina faculty member says she was passed over for promotion and paid significantly less than Black faculty with lesser qualifications.
Jun 05, 2015 | 0 comments
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Incoming Boston University Scholar’s Tweets on Race Create Controversy
Saida Grundy has been hired as an assistant professor of sociology and African American studies at Boston University. But her comments on Twitter about White males have angered some in the BU community.
May 15, 2015 | 9 comments
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Racial Slurs Written on Residence Hall Bulletin Board at Miami University in Ohio
The offensive writings, admitted to by two first-year male students, included anti-Semitic, anti-women, homophobic, and racial slurs.
Apr 15, 2015 | 0 comments
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Two White Faculty Members Sue Alabama State University
The suit alleges that faculty search committees have been told to only consider Black applicants and that “only Black professors should teach Black students.”
Apr 14, 2015 | 0 comments
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Racial Incident at the University of South Carolina
In a photograph distributed widely on the internet, a student at the University of South Carolina is seen writing a list of “Reasons Why USC WiFi Blows.” At the top of the list was a racial slur.
Racist Drawings Found on the Campus of SUNY-Purchase
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. Blacks make up 8 percent of the undergraduate student body at the college.
Apr 10, 2015 | 0 comments
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Racist Graffiti Found on the Campus of Connecticut College
Racist graffiti was found in the first floor bathrooms of the Crozier-Williams building on the campus of Connecticut College in New London.
Apr 08, 2015 | 0 comments
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Bucknell University Expels Three Students for Racist Comments
Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, has expelled three students who were said to have made racist comments on a local radio broadcast.
Racism Rears Its Ugly Head at Duke University
A racist chant recently appeared on a video of SAE fraternity members at the University of Oklahoma. Now a Duke University student says she was subjected to the same song as she walked across campus. Then a noose was found hanging from a tree on the Duke campus.
Apr 03, 2015 | 3 comments
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