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Texas A&M racism allegations: no police action to be taken
Source: The Guardian
Texas A&M racism allegations: no police action to be taken
Tom Dart in San Antonio
Wednesday 2 March 2016 20.01 GMT
A student has left Texas A&M University in the wake of alleged racial slurs towards black high school students on campus last month, but there will be no police action.
The university’s president, Michael Young, said on Wednesday investigations by the dean of student life and university police had finished and that information was turned over to the Brazos County attorney’s office, which declined to pursue the case.
About 60 juniors from Hampton Uplift, a public charter school in Dallas, were on a campus tour for potential applicants when a white female student reportedly approached two members of the party to ask what they thought of her Confederate flag earrings.
Then another group came up to the visitors and taunted them with references to the N-word and told them to “go back where you came from”.
Racist incidents on other US campuses attracted national attention last year, and this incident turned the spotlight on A&M, one of the nation’s biggest colleges, which has long been criticised for a lack of diversity and a perceived unwelcoming attitude towards minorities.
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Tom Dart in San Antonio
Wednesday 2 March 2016 20.01 GMT
A student has left Texas A&M University in the wake of alleged racial slurs towards black high school students on campus last month, but there will be no police action.
The university’s president, Michael Young, said on Wednesday investigations by the dean of student life and university police had finished and that information was turned over to the Brazos County attorney’s office, which declined to pursue the case.
About 60 juniors from Hampton Uplift, a public charter school in Dallas, were on a campus tour for potential applicants when a white female student reportedly approached two members of the party to ask what they thought of her Confederate flag earrings.
Then another group came up to the visitors and taunted them with references to the N-word and told them to “go back where you came from”.
Racist incidents on other US campuses attracted national attention last year, and this incident turned the spotlight on A&M, one of the nation’s biggest colleges, which has long been criticised for a lack of diversity and a perceived unwelcoming attitude towards minorities.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/02/texas-am-racism-allegations-no-police-action-to-be-taken
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my boss is an Aggie and is always running on about their honor system and code of values. I guess racism is one of them . . .
