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Tag: blackface
African-American
Two Black Liberty U Football Players to Transfer Citing ‘Racial Insensitivity’
Weeks after Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr. posted tweets with Blackface images, two Black Liberty University footballers Tayvion Land and Kei’Trel (Tre) Clark said on Monday they are transferring out of the Virginia institution due to its leadership’s “racial insensitivity” and “cultural incompetence.” Earlier this month, Asia Todd, a Black player for Liberty University’s […]
June 22, 2020
African-American
After Black Alumni Lambast Him, Liberty U’s Jerry Falwell Jr. Apologizes for Blackface Tweet
After Black alumni strongly denounced his actions, Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr. apologized on Monday for a May 27 tweet — which he has now deleted — in which he posted a picture of a blackface mask. Several alumni and staff of the Virginia university called the tweet racist and at least three Black staff members, including a professor, have since resigned.
June 9, 2020
News Roundup
Black Professor at Liberty U Online Resigns After Falwell Jr.’s ‘Racist’ Tweets
A Black professor at Liberty University Online, Christopher A. House, resigned on Thursday after what he said were racist tweets by Jerry Falwell Jr., president of the Virginia-based Liberty University. House is also a tenured associate professor at Ithaca College. Falwell Jr. on Wednesday posted a tweet decrying Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s order that said […]
May 29, 2020
News Roundup
Nazareth College Investigating Incident of Students Involved in Blackface Video
Nazareth College is investigating who was involved in an “offensive” and “troubling” video showing a student in blackface, reported the Democrat and Chronicle. College president Daan Braveman said in a letter to students, staff and faculty that he received angry emails about the video posted by one or two students which featured a Nazareth student. […]
April 1, 2020
News Roundup
Iowa State University Cuts Ties With Aide Involved in Blackface Controversy
Iowa State University has let go the student government’s staff adviser who posted a picture of himself in blackface on social media, said an Associated Press (AP) report on We Are Iowa. The adviser, Alex Krumm, resigned March 1 and received a $47,000 severance payout, weeks after student activists demanded his firing over a 2015 […]
March 27, 2020
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Halloween, a Season for Racist Costumes
The season for trick-or-treating, carving jack-o-lanterns and watching horror movies has arrived. Halloween will inevitably mean trouble on college campuses as many students will choose to dress in culturally offensive costumes at parties over the new two weeks
October 18, 2019
Students
CSU Students Outraged After Lack of University Response Following Racist Social Media Post
Colorado State University (CSU) students seek reform on campus after the school’s lack of response to a racist photo on social media. Four CSU students posted an Instagram story in blackface and referenced the Marvel movie Black Panther with the caption “Wakanda forevaa,” 9News reported. Though CSU condemned the post, the school claimed the incident […]
September 16, 2019
MSIs
Alabama Governor Apologizes for Blackface Incident in College
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has apologized for wearing blackface during her senior year of college at Auburn University, after the incident surfaced in an old college radio show. “I offer my heartfelt apologies for the pain and embarrassment this causes, and I will do all I can – going forward — to help show the […]
August 30, 2019
African-American
Scholar Builds New Department at Columbia University
Dr. Farah Griffin, is wearing two hats as the inaugural chair of Columbia’s new African-American and African Diaspora Studies Department and director-elect of Columbia’s Institute for Research in African-American Studies.
March 18, 2019
African-American
The Fallacy of NOT Seeing Race
Over the last two weeks I’ve listened to friends, pundits and scholars debate the implications of discovering yearbook photos of Virginia’s Governor and Attorney General proudly wearing Blackface. These revelations are more complicated than dismissing them as youthful indiscretions that were simply apropos of the time.
February 14, 2019
News Roundup
Photos Featuring Students in Blackface Found in Old University of Maryland Yearbooks
Old University of Maryland (UMD) yearbook photos featuring students wearing Blackface have surfaced just days after Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and Attorney General Mark Herring admitted to wearing blackface in college. The UMD photos were first discovered by a Twitter user who said it took her about five minutes to find them, according to Fox […]
February 8, 2019
News Roundup
NEA, VEA Call for VA Gov. Ralph Northam’s Resignation
Two education organizations have called for the resignation of Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam after a 1984 yearbook photo surfaced showing a man in Blackface and another individual wearing a Ku Klux Klan robe and hood. The image was one of several provided on Northam’s Eastern Virginia Medical School yearbook page published in 1984. Several politicians […]
February 4, 2019
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