Monday, March 1, 2010

University Students Ignite Racial Tension

San Diego students outraged after fellow students mocked Black History Month by hanging a noose from the ceiling in the campus library, and not two weeks earlier, students threw a party to scoff at all the people who celebrate it.

Angered students put red handkerchiefs over their face and took over Chancellor Marye Anne Fox's office for several hours on Friday. Chanting "Real pain real change."

Protesters left peacefully when the leaders of the university's Black Student Union talked with administrators about changing the curriculum to something that boosts African-American activities.

There was only one suspension given to the girl who hung the noose, but she has not said why she did it, or given the names of anyone else involved.

2 comments:

  1. Great Article!! This was very interesting. I learned something new!

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  2. Grade: 8/10
    Mistakes
    • Did you mean to say that the students were outraged?
    • "and not two weeks earlier" is a sentence fragment that lacks a verb.
    • Should be "faces" to match "students"
    • "Chanting "read pain real change" is a fragment

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