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The Daily OrangeStudents consider next step in response to blackface costume
By J.P. Nuthall
Posted: 11/4/03, 2:44 AM EST Section: News
Some of the students criticized the administration's "lukewarm" response to bias-related incidents and brainstormed ideas that they felt would strengthen the university's policy. Among the measures discussed was the establishment of a cultural education core requiring students to take a non-Western history course, the modification of the freshman orientation program to include a cultural sensitivity training session and institution of a zero-tolerance policy which would expel students involved in bias-related incidents.
The student leading the discussion mentioned the possibility of taking some action involving the events of Parents Weekend.
A student in the audience said students needed to take a more confrontational approach to tackle the issue of bias. His suggestion that anybody who spots a person dressed in blackface again should "just whoop his ass" was met with applause by some members of the audience.
Jamar Hooks, an SAS member and a junior political science, sociology and policy studies major, said SAS is still formulating a response to the incident. He is personally in favor of implementing some form of peer-diversity training.
"We're living in the 21st century," he said. "Racism should not be tolerated at an institution of higher education."
The student leading the discussion mentioned the possibility of taking some action involving the events of Parents Weekend.
A student in the audience said students needed to take a more confrontational approach to tackle the issue of bias. His suggestion that anybody who spots a person dressed in blackface again should "just whoop his ass" was met with applause by some members of the audience.
Jamar Hooks, an SAS member and a junior political science, sociology and policy studies major, said SAS is still formulating a response to the incident. He is personally in favor of implementing some form of peer-diversity training.
"We're living in the 21st century," he said. "Racism should not be tolerated at an institution of higher education."
