Tag: racism
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“Brooklyn”- A Student’s Powerful Story
By Kelly Zhang SUNY New Paltz student Kelly Zhang puts together a composition for Kimberly Ruth’s Spring 2019 Digital Storytelling “The Brooklyn video was an idea that came to me after my study abroad in London. I was traveling around Europe and people just assumed that I was from Asia. I remember landing at the…
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The Other 6 Percent: Black Student Life at SUNY New Paltz
One day Delani Morgan, a black male, was dining with his friends at Siena college. Morgan was the only black person in a group of whites. Then an acquaintance joined in with the group to converse. He asked Morgan and his friends if he could sit. “Sure,” Morgan said. They were having a conversation about music,…
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Students Educate and Speak Out against Racism
In response to the racist sticker left on a water fountain in Humanities and several acts of prejudice in Lefevre Hall, students at SUNY New Paltz assembled in the Student Union (SU) on Thursday Nov. 17 to discuss the severity of the epithets, and their effects on the campus community. “Colored Only,” met in SU…
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Forum Draws More Than 400 Students to Discuss Racism
About 400 members of the New Paltz community gathered in the Multipurpose Room (MPR) of the Student Union to discuss racial equity, racism in society and their experiences with racism. The forum was held on Nov.30 and was sponsored by College President Donald P. Christian and Student Association President Terrell Coakley, titled, “Can We Talk…
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Can We Talk About It? Live Coverage
The SUNY New Paltz community is gathering in the Student Union Building’s multi-purpose room tonight, Nov. 30, to talk about issues of race and racism, and the Little Rebellion will be there bringing the discussion to you. Can We Talk About It? is a forum sponsored by College President Donald P. Christian and Student Association President…
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Response to Racism Sweeps Across Campus, then Nation
As a result of the racist messages and graffiti that appeared around campus last week, the SUNY New Paltz community response has been swift and unified in denouncing the behavior. College President Donald Christian has sent not one , but two e-mails to the entire SUNY New Paltz community, both explaining the situation and condemning…
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SUNY New Paltz Race Dialogue Continues
Ustream live coverage by Roberto X. Cruz Recently, multiple racial epithets have been found on the SUNY New Paltz Campus. [For the news brief, click here.] Jonathan Espinosa, a third-year Black studies and sociology major, was walking through the Lecture Center with his friend when his friend noticed a sticker on the water fountain…
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Donald Christian’s Letter Addresses Racially Offensive Signs on Campus
This letter was sent in a campus-wide e-mail on Nov. 9, 2011: Dear Members of the New Paltz Campus Community: Yesterday (Tuesday, November 8), a racially offensive sign was posted over a water fountain in a campus building. Other campus leaders and I join students, faculty, and staff in condemning such an act, which is…