I know what you're thinking, "Bigoted Texans, that's weird." Story out of Collage Station, Texas:
Texas A&M has launched an investigation after complaints that black high school students were racially abused on a visit to the college campus on Tuesday.
About 60 juniors from a public charter school in south Dallas that mainly caters to low-income, minority students were on a tour when they were approached by about a dozen white students.
“The initial confrontation began when a white female student approached two female African American Uplift Hampton students to ask their opinion of her earrings, which were Confederate flag replicas,” said Royce West, a Texas senator from Dallas who was informed of the incident by the chancellor of A&M.
“This was exacerbated by a group of white male and female students, who within earshot of the first event, told a larger group of the high school visitors, part of the Road to College at Uplift Education Program, to ‘Go back where you came from’.
“They continued their taunts by using the most well-known racial slur that’s directed toward African Americans and also made other references to the Confederate flag.”
According to West, officials reported the incident but a university representative initially said the college students were expressing their first amendment right to free speech. Ultimately, campus police were dispatched. Cont.
Story from - The Guardian
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