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Racist incidents at Syracuse University prompt protest, response from New York governor
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/racist-incidents-syracuse-university-prompt-protest-response-new-york-governor-n1082176?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma
Racist graffiti was discovered in a building on campus Wednesday, days after racial slurs were found on walls in a residence hall in a separate incident.
The Syracuse University campus in New York in 2015.Jerome Davis / Corbis via Getty Images file
Nov. 14, 2019, 1:50 PM EST
By Janelle Griffith
Racist graffiti was discovered in a building on the Syracuse University campus Wednesday, days after racial slurs were found in a residence hall in a separate incident that prompted a response from the governor of New York and a sit-in by students.
The Syracuse University Department of Public Safety said in a statement Thursday it is actively investigating a bias incident reported at about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.
"Graffiti using language that is derogatory to Asian individuals and vandalism were discovered in a bathroom stall in the Physics Building," the statement said. "There are no suspects at this time."
A few dozen students gathered in a campus center Wednesday in protest of the university's response to a separate incident last week involving racist graffiti and vandalism at a residence hall. The university did not disclose what the racist graffiti was in that incident, but The Daily Orange student newspaper which was first to report on the vandalism, said the racial slurs were written against black and Asian people.
Renegade Magazine, which describes itself as a platform for black college students, also said it involved the N-word.
"On Wednesday, Nov, 6, in Day Hall, not only did someone take out all the light fixtures and put them in the toilets, they wrote the N-word across the bathrooms on both floors," Renegade Magazine said in an Instagram post earlier this week.
"Once notified of the actions, the chief of the department of public safety, the chief diversity officer, the dean of students, and an administrator told the residents on the floors to not spread any photos or videos of the incident," the magazine reported.
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Racist graffiti was discovered in a building on campus Wednesday, days after racial slurs were found on walls in a residence hall in a separate incident.
The Syracuse University campus in New York in 2015.Jerome Davis / Corbis via Getty Images file
Nov. 14, 2019, 1:50 PM EST
By Janelle Griffith
Racist graffiti was discovered in a building on the Syracuse University campus Wednesday, days after racial slurs were found in a residence hall in a separate incident that prompted a response from the governor of New York and a sit-in by students.
The Syracuse University Department of Public Safety said in a statement Thursday it is actively investigating a bias incident reported at about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.
"Graffiti using language that is derogatory to Asian individuals and vandalism were discovered in a bathroom stall in the Physics Building," the statement said. "There are no suspects at this time."
A few dozen students gathered in a campus center Wednesday in protest of the university's response to a separate incident last week involving racist graffiti and vandalism at a residence hall. The university did not disclose what the racist graffiti was in that incident, but The Daily Orange student newspaper which was first to report on the vandalism, said the racial slurs were written against black and Asian people.
Renegade Magazine, which describes itself as a platform for black college students, also said it involved the N-word.
"On Wednesday, Nov, 6, in Day Hall, not only did someone take out all the light fixtures and put them in the toilets, they wrote the N-word across the bathrooms on both floors," Renegade Magazine said in an Instagram post earlier this week.
"Once notified of the actions, the chief of the department of public safety, the chief diversity officer, the dean of students, and an administrator told the residents on the floors to not spread any photos or videos of the incident," the magazine reported.
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