by lindaoppenheim | Nov 2, 2016 | Article
University of Wisconsin says fans’ offensive costumes depicting a lynched President Obama are protected by First Amendment. Black alumni say incident is the latest in “a long pattern of ineffective responses to a growing racially hostile environment.” WARNING: This...
by lindaoppenheim | Sep 7, 2016 | Article
Stephanie Saul’s article describes programs on several college campuses to help their incoming classes avoid hurting fellow students with microaggressions and other insensitivities. She also refers to “[t]he backlash . . . exemplified recently in a widely...
by lindaoppenheim | Apr 5, 2016 | Documents, Exhibit, News, Video
Patrick Sims, Vice Provost for Diversity and Climate at University of Wisconsin Madison, responded to a racial incident with a frank and powerful video. Warning: He reads the note that includes offensive language. It was slipped under the door of a student who tried...