'Blackface Incident' Brings Out Almost 100 Ursinus Students to Meeting
After a Halloween costume sparked a firestorm, students discussed administrative involvement, policy changes and potential curriculum-related solutions to what some see as race insensitivity on campus.
Students of Ursinus College gathered at the Ursinus Student Government Associaition (USGA) to discuss an incident in which a student dressed up in blackface for Halloween. "This week, an Ursinus student attended a USGA sponsored event in a costume which offended many members of our community," said the USGA in an e-mail recapping the meeting. According to students and Twitter feeds, a white male student went to a costume party dressed as Olympic Gymnast Gabby Douglass in blackface. The USGA meeting brought out just under 90 students. Ursinus Assistant Dean Todd McKinney and Multicultural Services Director Paulette Patton were also in attendance. According to the minutes of the meeting, it was decided that the incident does not violate …
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Bob Jones
1:35 am on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
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