New Academic Year, Same Old Racism: Part III

No HateIncidents 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.

A Black Lives Matter statement that was written on a rock on the campus of Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, that is used as student message board, was painted over with the message “White Lives Matter!”

At the College at Brockport of the State University of New York, someone wrote the message “Niggers Deserve to Die” on a white board in a residence hall.

A racial slur was written on the dormitory room door of two Black students at the University of Dayton in Ohio.

Ku Klux Klan recruitment posters were distributed on the campus of Clemson University in South Carolina.

Posters promoting the White nationalist organization Identity Evropa were found on the campus of California State University, Sacramento. The reported leader of Identity Evropa is a student at California State University, Stanislaus.

 

Related Articles

Leave a Reply

Get the JBHE Weekly Bulletin

Receive our weekly email newsletter delivered to your inbox

Latest News

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.

University at Buffalo Acquires Archival Collection From Historic Black Church

Founded in 1861, St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Buffalo, New York, is one of the country's oldest Black Episcopal congregations. Recently, the University at Buffalo has acquired a collection of materials documenting the church's history and impact on the Black community in Buffalo.

In Memoriam: Clifton Wharton, Jr., 1926-2024

Dr. Wharton was the first Black president of Michigan State University, the first Black chancellor of the State University of New York, and the first Black CEO of a Fortune 500 company.

Huge Surge in American Students Studying Abroad in Sub-Saharan Africa

According to the latest Open Doors report from the Institute on International Education, there were 9,163 Americans studying in sub-Saharan Africa in the 2022-23 academic year, up 98.6 percent from the previous year. Nearly 39 percent of these students attended universities in the Republic of South Africa.

Featured Jobs