Diversity Management, News and Updates
A sorority at Methodist University has been suspended after a member created a racist PowerPoint presentation that mocked and made fun of Black football players’ appearances. Minyvonne Burke of NBC News reported that the school of 2,300, located in Fayetteville, North Carolina, “suspended Alpha Delta Pi following outrage over a…
A report by the Community College Equity Assessment Lab at San Diego State University (CCEAL) and the Sacramento Native American Higher Education Collaborative revealed that Native American boys are suspended and expelled at higher rates than students from other demographics in both the Sacramento area and throughout the entire state…
Alan Maloney, the racist wrestling referee who cut a young Black wrestler’s locs before a match, has been suspended from refereeing matches for two years. On Wednesday, the New Jersey Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJIAA) and The New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (NJDCR) announced the “punishment” rendered upon Maloney via…
On Monday, a Hillcrest High School student in Greenwood County, S.C., was filmed holding what appeared to be a rifle in her left hand and in her right hand a poster with a threatening message which targeted African-Americans written in large letters reading, “We hang ******* for free.” The post…
According to a March 2014 report released by the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, more Black students are severely punished at school than white students despite the fact that more white students are enrolled in schools. The study reveals that this begins as early as preschool: “Black…
By Julissa Catalan Eight-year-old Sunnie Kahle has been asked to leave Timberlake Christian School in Timberlake, Va., not for her poor grades or bad behavior, but because she looks like a boy. According to the letter sent to Carroll and Doris Thompson, Sunnie’s grandparents and adoptive guardians, enrollment in TCS…
By Julissa Catalan A Colorado girl was suspended from school for going bald in support of a friend who is receiving cancer treatment. On Monday morning, the girl was not allowed to enter the school for violating its dress code, but by Tuesday the school had rethought its decision following…
