USC Cancels Valedictorian’s Speech, Cites Safety Concerns Over Pro-Palestinian Views
USC Provost Andrew T. Guzman said threats against valedictorian Asna Tabassum, a Muslim-American student, have reached an “alarming tenor.”
USC Provost Andrew T. Guzman said threats against valedictorian Asna Tabassum, a Muslim-American student, have reached an “alarming tenor.”
At least two incidents in Coeur d’Alene involving racial epithets prompted the basketball team to change its hotel to one in Spokane.
In a Snapchat group titled “Black people are low class,” the Southwick Regional School students allegedly bid on their Black classmates.
The letter reminds schools of their legal obligation under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI) and its implementing regulations to provide all students with a school environment free from discrimination based on race, color, or national origin, including shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics.
The district’s responses to repeated harassment of Black, Asian, and Jewish students and to harassment based on sex did not meet the district’s federal civil rights obligations.
The ambush happened in the hospital’s ambulance bay as officers were preparing to leave the hospital with an inmate.
The officer previously worked for the San Jose Police Department for 25 years and had no prior disciplinary measures against him.
Several other students, teachers, and staff members witnessed the alleged threats against the 13-year-old girl.
Attorneys for the Black officers claimed UW turned a blind eye for years to the more than 100 racist incidents.
Sanford, UCLA, UC San Diego, Rutgers, the University of Washington, and Whitman College have just been added to the list of schools.