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References to Slavery in Math Worksheet Shock Parents
Parents in Gwinnett County, Georgia are up in arms after a 3rd-grade elementary school class was given math worksheets that used examples of slavery in word problems, write Joel Anderson and David...
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Survey Finds UCLA’s Policies, Administration Insufficiently Handle Racial Bias
An internal survey shows that University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) policies and procedures regarding racial bias and discrimination are inadequate. The survey, which was launched by...
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School Threatens Racism Charge in Permanent File Over 8yr Olds’ Trip Refusal
A school in Huntingdon, Staffordshire (UK) is facing a backlash from parents and guardians after sending a letter to them announcing that their children would be labeled racist if they did not go on a...
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Allegations of Racism, Poor Leadership Fly at Elite Oregon School
Parents upset with the job being done by Metropolitan Learning Center’s African-American principal Macarre Traynham insist that their complaints have nothing to do with race, but rather with the...
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Lawsuit: Tennessee High School Dropped the Ball on Racial Bullying
The mother of a female student who claims she was a victim of racial bullying at Hendersonville High School in Tennessee during the 2012-13 academic school year filed a lawsuit against the Sumner...
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University of Oklahoma Expels Frat Over Racist Chant
The University of Oklahoma President has announced that the school is permanently cutting all ties with the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity after the school’s chapter was video taped participating in a...
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USC Student Leader Details Racist Encounter on Campus
The student body president of the University of Southern California has reported an incident on campus involving a racial epithet, a fraternity member and a thrown drink. Rini Sampath described the...
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Rumors, Threats Cause Confusion and Stress at University of Missouri
In the same week that University of Missouri students were successful in their attempt to force the resignation of the school’s chancellor and the university system president, police have arrested a...
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Ithaca College President Resigning in 2017 After Protests
Ithaca College President Tom Rochon has announced plans to step down from his position in July 2017 after calls for his resignation were made last year. Protestors at the school said Rochon must...
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After Racist Photo, Phoenix High School, Students Under Fire
A suburban school district in Phoenix, Arizona has come under fire after a photo of students wearing T-shirts that spelled out a racial slur showed up on social media. Spokeswoman Jill Hanks of the...
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Texas A&M Investigating Racist Abuse of Prospective Students
A group of black and Hispanic high school students visiting the campus of Texas A&M University have said they were harassed and told by white students that they were not welcome at the school. A...
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Panel Recommends Change to Harvard Law Seal
Harvard Law School is currently looking to remove its official shield as a result of protests over the emblem’s connection to 18th-century slave traders. The move was decided upon by a committee put...
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Pennsylvania School Apologizes for KKK Skit in History Class
A school district superintendent in Pennsylvania has issued an apology for a photograph that was being shared on social media in August of 2015 showing three high school students, who appeared to be...
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Charges of Antisemitism, Resignation Stain Oxford Labour Club
The Oxford University student Labour Club, affiliated with the country’s larger Labour party, has come under scrutiny for antisemitic comments by its members. The students called Jewish students...
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Racist Harassment Riles American University Students
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) Students at American University are up in arms over what they are calling an inadequate response by the school to racially-charged incidents that recently occurred...
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Racist Graffiti Concerns Students, Staff at Eastern Michigan U
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) An announcement has come from the president of Eastern Michigan University concerning racial graffiti found on campus, only one day after students protested offensive...
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