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Community Conversations: Racism at St. Joe’s

Community Conversations: Racism at St. Joe’s

Introduction Since the start of the fall 2019 semester, there have been three reported racial bias incidents on campus. In response to these reports, the St. Joe’s administration hosted a University...

How to use white privilege

How to use white privilege

Regina Schliep November 5, 2019

White St. Joe’s students have an obligation I’m from a small town on the Jersey Shore, I’m white and I went to high school with not a single black person in a population just short of 400 students. One...

Approximately 1,800 St. Joe’s community members gathered in Michael J. Hagan ’85 Arena for a campus-wide forum on racism. PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS ’22/THE HAWK

St. Joe’s hosts University Forum on racism

Carly Calhoun & Cara Smith November 5, 2019

A forum attended by approximately 1,800 St. Joe’s community members was held on Nov. 4 in Michael J. Hagan ’85 Arena in response to a series of four reported racial bias incidents that occurred on...

Isis Gill-Reid ’20, vice president of BSU, marches across McShain Bridge along with around 170 others in a Silent March for Solidarity on Oct. 28. PHOTO: LUKE MALANGA ’20/THE HAWK

Student calls Public Safety officer the n-word

A first-year student called a female African-American Public Safety officer the n-word some time on the morning of Oct. 24. In the evening on the same day, University President Mark C. Reed, Ed.D., sent an...

Letter to the Editor: Racist culture must change

Letter to the Editor: Racist culture must change

Adam Mullin October 29, 2019

To the Editor: I am frustrated. Dismayed. Angry. Confused. I do not understand how students can continue to have so little regard for others’ dignity. I am sick and tired of routinely having to respond...

In response to the most recent racist incident on campus, BSU organized a silent march.
PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS ’22/THE HAWK

St. Joe’s racial bias incidents reflect nationwide trend

Cara Smith October 29, 2019

Four racial bias incidents were reported on St. Joe’s campus since January 2019, reflecting the nationwide trend of an uptick in racial bias incidents and hate crimes on U.S. college campuses. According...

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