FYI for what it’s
worth, from Al Thompson’s news tips – When I was racially harassed out
of Fort Lewis College and Durango, Colorado 92-94 I just found it very hard to
get any press coverage that I thought was fair…much less any help to deal
with the scary and pervasive racism on and off campus. - E-K.
Colleges See Racial
Incidents Flare
The Washington Post took
note (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/25/AR2007092502353.html?hpid%3Dmoreheadlines&sub=AR)
of a collection of racial incidents that have boiled to the surface at several
schools:
A couple of weeks into
classes at the
a rope tied into what looked
like a noose was found hanging outside the
campus's African American
cultural center. Campus police reports this
month included two incidents
of racially disparaging remarks, one
written on a workstation and
one on a bathroom stall in the student
union.
A Maryland (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Maryland?tid=informline)
congressman is asking for an investigation into nooses left among the personal
effects of a black cadet at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/U.S.+Coast+Guard+Academy?tid=informline)
and on the office floor of a staff member doing racial sensitivity training
after the initial incident.
This month, more than 200
students at the
Because so many colleges are
more racially and culturally diverse than
ever, with students hanging
out, dating and studying together, such
incidents have left many
wondering: What's going on?
And what are schools doing
about it?
Some professors think there
are more incidents than ever. Others think people are just more aware of them
thanks to YouTube (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/YouTube+Inc.?tid=informline)
, Facebook (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Facebook+Inc.?tid=informline)
and e-mail.
The story also lists examples
of Halloween party incidents that raised eyebrows and offended people:
At a party on
"politically incorrect" night last year at Macalester College in
Minnesota (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Minnesota?tid=informline)
, one guest came in blackface, another wore a noose and another arrived in
white as a Ku Klux Klan (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Ku+Klux+Klan?tid=informline)
member. Johns Hopkins University (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Johns+Hopkins+University?tid=informline)
, the University of Texas at Austin (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/University+of+Texas+at+Austin?tid=informline)
, Trinity College and Clemson University (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Clemson+University?tid=informline)
, among others, also had parties that offended other students with racial
stereotypes.
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