Whether you?re a foreigner or American, you?ve encountered some form of racial stereotyping or have witnessed it.
You?ve either been a victim of it, or you?ve dished it.
After #Election2016, racism is on the rise, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Stereotyping and hate-crimes are increasing on college and high school campuses. Incidents have since November 8, Election Night.
At the University of Pennsylvania, GroupMe users added African-American students to chats calling for lynchings. They included racist photos and phrases.
HuffPost Live contributor Sam White compiled the social media responses of African-American freshmen at UPenn who expressed their concerns. He posted it on Facebook.
The university clearly states that it is the students responsibility to:
Authorities at reported that the GroupMe account was owned by a prospective student who instead enrolled at the University of Oklahoma. As of November 11, UPenn's IT was working to locate the origin of the account. They identified one student who contributed racist posts from Tulsa Community College in Oklahoma.
As of November 15, the UO student was no longer enrolled at the school. The TCC student was placed on "interim academic probation," according to . Their identities have not been released.
The also reported that Microsoft, GroupMe's parent company, suspended accounts and launched an investigation of their own.
On its About Us page, RelativityOnLine says it "seeks to promote global citizenry through the respect, awareness, and recognition of individual perspective. Specificity over stereotypes, tolerance over dogmatism, and justice over bigotry."
Non-white or students of other racial backgrounds have also been profiled. Statistics presented by the , states that 46 percent of hate crimes on college campuses are race related.
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