Tag: racial
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Latinos are questioning family racial narratives as they uncover their ancestry
Through SlaveSocieties.org, this reporter confronted his own family’s slave-owning past: Notary records from Cartagena, Colombia — once the largest slave port in South America — revealed an 1831 will of a previously unknown fourth-great-grandmother who left her daughter three enslaved youths as well as 100 pesos to purchase yet another slave. This reporter never thought…
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Student in carving of racial slur on teammate’s chest no longer enrolled at Gettysburg College
An unidentified Gettysburg College student accused of carving a racial epithet on the chest of a teammate is no longer enrolled at the Pennsylvania liberal arts college, the school said over the weekend. “We can report now that the individual who scratched a slur onto another person is no longer enrolled at the College,” the…
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Gettysburg College student allegedly carved racial slur with box cutter onto another student’s chest
A college student allegedly used a box cutter to carve a racial slur onto another student’s chest at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania, officials said Thursday. The alleged attack happened at a men’s swim team gathering Sept. 6 at an on-campus residence, according to a statement from the victim’s family that was published by the college’s…