OSU president apologizes for student blackface incident

Source: Associated Press

OSU president apologizes for student blackface incident
Updated 4:09 pm, Monday, January 23, 2017


STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — The president of Oklahoma State University issued an apology Monday after a white student posted an image of herself on social media in blackface — the second such incident by students at the campus in a week.

Members of the school's African American Student Association protested outside the university's administration building Monday morning before meeting with OSU President Burns Hargis, where they expressed frustration and concern over the racially insensitive posts, said Terrance Williams, vice president of the student group.

"Our immediate reaction was: 'Not again'," Williams said. The image was posted six days after a group of OSU students took a similar picture in which two students appeared online in blackface on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Williams said.

"We're very disgusted and annoyed by the situation and the lack of care from some of our fellow students," he said.





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