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.
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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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Racist Graffiti Found Written in Chalk on Sidewalks at the University of Oregon
The slogans included “Deport Them All” and “End White Guilt.” African Americans are just 2 percent of the undergraduate student body at the University of Oregon.
Jan 16, 2018 | 0 comments
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White Supremacists Post Flyers and Banners at Southern Methodist University
The flyers and banners contained messages such as “Reclaim America,” “No more tolerance, no more diversity,” and “White men! Save your people.”
University of Maryland Outlines New Procedures for Dealing With Incidents of Hate or Bias
The new protocol is aimed at ensuring a coordinated response, providing support to impacted community members and guaranteeing transparency with the campus community. The university’s Office of Diversity & Inclusion will hire a hate-bias response coordinator to assist with these efforts.
Dec 05, 2017 | 0 comments
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Racial Slurs on a Car Near Kansas State University Were a Hoax
Racial slurs were found scrawled on a car near the campus of Kansas State University. In addition to racial slurs, the phrases “go home,” “date your own kind,” Whites only,” and “die” were written on the car. It turns out that the Black man who owned the car wrote the slurs.
Student Expelled From the University of Hartford After Allegedly Harassing Black Roommate
A White woman student at the University of Hartford in Connecticut was expelled from school and faces criminal charges after she posted on social media that she had done several things to intimidate her Black roommate.
Halloween Horrors: Students Put on Racist Costumes at Several Colleges and Universities
It seems like every Halloween there are numerous incidents of college students dressing in racially insensitive costumes. This year is no different.
Two Incidents of Racial Hate at Framingham State University
Racial slurs were found on posters hanging in a residence hall at Framingham State University in Massachusetts. Two days later a racial slur was written in marker on the dormitory room door of two African American students.
Oct 25, 2017 | 0 comments
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Racial Incidents Lead to Student Protests on the Campus of Boston College
Two Black Lives Matter posters were defaced on the campus of Boston College. Signs were later found on campus that showed a picture of Uncle Sam with the caption, “I want you to love who you are. Don’t apologize for being white.”
Oct 23, 2017 | 0 comments
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Many Instances of Racial Hate on College Campuses
It didn’t take long for racial hate to rear its ugly head on college campus this fall. Hate crimes have occurred on a number of campuses.
Sep 25, 2017 | 0 comments
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White Supremacist Fliers Were Posted on the Webster University Campus
Fliers promoting a White supremacist group were posted throughout the campus of Webster University in St. Louis. Blacks make up 16 percent of the undergraduate student body at the university.
Sep 12, 2017 | 3 comments
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Racist Flyers Are Posted on the Campus of Weber State University in Utah
The flyers were recruiting students to the Alt-Right movement and declared that “diversity is a code word for White genocide.”
Sep 05, 2017 | 0 comments
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University of Maryland Takes Steps to Combat Hate and Create a Safer Campus
In response to incidents of perceived racial bias on campus, the University of Maryland has announced an action plan to “combat hate and create a safer campus.”
Jul 25, 2017 | 2 comments
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Women’s College in Georgia Confronts Its Racist Past
At Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, hazing rituals which included women in robes and blackface and wearing nooses around their necks continued into the late 20th century.
Jul 05, 2017 | 0 comments
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Princeton University Scholar Cancels Speaking Tour After Receiving Death Threats
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, an assistant professor of African American studies at Princeton University, cancelled a series of public events after she received death threats after she gave the commencement address at Hampshire College in Massachusetts.
Jun 04, 2017 | 4 comments
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Murder of Black Student Prompts University of Maryland to Take Action
Richard Wilbur Collins III, a 23-year-old Black man who had just been commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army was stabbed to death on May 20 as he was waiting for an Uber driver at the University of Maryland College Park.
May 26, 2017 | 4 comments
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Racism Rears Its Ugly Head on Several College and University Campuses
As series of racist incidents occurred on college campuses across the United States in recent days. Here are some examples.
May 06, 2017 | 5 comments
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Student Protests Grip the Campus of Salem College in North Carolina
The women’s college in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has a student body that is 22 percent Black. The student protesters maintained that faculty had used the word “nigger” in class and claimed that the college “fosters a culture of racism, sexism, and elitism.”
Apr 14, 2017 | 0 comments
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North Carolina State University Establishes a Bias Incident Response Team
The new organization encourages members of the community to report incidents of bias and offers support to victims of such incidents. The team does not conduct bias incident investigations, which will still be handed by law enforcement and other university authorities.
Apr 12, 2017 | 0 comments
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Anti-Defamation League Report Documents Rise in Hate Group Activity on College Campuses
Since the beginning of the academic year last fall, there have been at least 107 incidents where White supremacist fliers have been posted on the campuses of colleges and universities across the United States.
White Supremacist Posters Put Up on Campus of Indiana University
The flyers portrayed the message of Identity Evropa, a White supremacist group that maintains a post office box in Oakdale, California.
Drexel University Scholar Comes Under Fire for a Satirical Tweet on “White Genocide”
George Ciccariello-Maher, an associate professor of politics and global studies at Drexel University in Philadelphia, came under fire when he posted a tweet on Twitter which read: “All I Want for Christmas Is White Genocide.”
Jan 04, 2017 | 0 comments
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Complaints Skyrocket at the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education
In the 2016 fiscal year, there were 542 complaints involving allegations of racial harassment filed with the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education. Of these, 198 involved complaints related to racial harassment at colleges and universities.
Dec 12, 2016 | 0 comments
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White Supremacists on College Campuses Emboldened by Trump Victory
There has been a rash of racial incidents on college campuses in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s election to the presidency.
Nov 18, 2016 | 0 comments
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Black Students at Penn Subjected to Racial Hate by an Off-Campus Group
Although the origins of the racist group text messages appear to have no connection whatsoever to the university, Amy Gutmann, president of the University of Pennsylvania, quickly voiced her disgust.
Nov 12, 2016 | 0 comments
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Racial Slur Written on a Sidewalk at the University of Saint Thomas in Minnesota
The University of Saint Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, enrolls about 6,100 undergraduate students and 4,000 graduate students. African Americans make up just 2 percent of the undergraduate student body.
Nov 12, 2016 | 0 comments
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More Racist Incidents on American College Campuses
Halloween season always produces its share of racist costumes on college campuses. This year was no exception.
Nov 04, 2016 | 0 comments
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Survey Finds Large Percentage of Graduate Students of Color at Yale Face Bias
The Graduate and Professional Student Senate at Yale University released a new survey that found that more than 70 percent of all Black graduate or professional students reported incidents of bias, harassment or discrimination.
University Students Find a Racist Message on Their Apartment Door
A Black student at Louisiana State University found a racist message on her door at an off-campus apartment complex where many university students reside. Someone wrote “Go back 2 Africa Nigger monkeys” on a Halloween door ornament.
Oct 25, 2016 | 2 comments
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New Academic Year, Same Old Racism: Part III
Incidents of racial hate continue to plague the campuses of American higher education. Here is a roundup of recent incidents at campuses across the United States.
Oct 15, 2016 | 0 comments
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Monument to Jefferson Davis Removed From Texas State University Campus
The granite monument to Davis was erected 85 years ago in 1931 on land adjacent to a federal highway. The university acquired the land at a later date but the state Department of Transportation continued to hold the right-of-way for the parcel where the monument was placed.
Oct 11, 2016 | 0 comments
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New Academic Year, Same Old Racism: Part II
Last week, JBHE reported on a series of racial incidents that occurred on college campuses across the country Unfortunately, more incidents have occurred in recent days.
Oct 04, 2016 | 0 comments
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New Academic Year, Same Old Racism
As has been the case every year since JBHE was founded in 1993 incidents of racial hate continue to plague the campuses of American higher education. In recent days, there have been several incidents at campuses across the United States.
Sep 23, 2016 | 0 comments
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Race-Related Vandalism on the Campus of DePauw University in Indiana
The nameplates on the dormitory doors of African American students at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, were ripped off in acts of vandalism. One Black student had a racist inscription written on the message board on her dormitory room.
Sep 21, 2016 | 0 comments
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Racist Incidents on the Campus of Western Kentucky University
An African American administrator had a racist note slipped under her office door and a racial slur was scratched onto to the finish of an African American student’s car.
Sep 20, 2016 | 0 comments
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