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Reports Of Black Students Receiving Racist Emails Under Investigation At UMass Reports Of Black Students Receiving Racist Emails Under Investigation At UMass
Reports Of Black Students Receiving Racist Emails Under Investigation At UMass UMass Amherst is reporting an increase in racially motivated anti-Black incidents, according to a statement by the university’s vice-chancellor. In a message sent to students on Thursday, Sept. 23, Vice-Chancellor and Chief Diversity Officer Nefertiti Walker, said a racist email was sent to numerous Black-centered student groups on campus on Friday, Sept. 17. The university is investigating the email which was reportedly sent from a non-student account and signed “UMass coalition for a better society." The content of the email, Walker said, was “vile, blatantly racist, and violently offens…

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by Kathy Reakes