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2 suspended from college swim team after report of slur scratched onto student’s body

 At least two students at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania have been suspended from the swim team after a report that a racial slur was scratched onto a student’s body, officials said.

By The Associated Press

Pervasive racism, harassment plagues state-owned universities despite changes

A new report, launched after a 2020 Spotlight PA investigation, finds students of color face racial harassment and stereotypes in the classrooms of Pennsylvania’s public universities.

By Charlotte Keith/Spotlight PA

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Wilson School District censures board member over comments deemed racist, transphobic

Wilson School District’s board of directors voted unanimously Monday to censure fellow member Mike Martin, saying he made racist and transphobic remarks at recent meetings.

By Gabriela Martínez/WITF

Sesame Place announces diversity, inclusion training after viral video sparks backlash

Sesame Place plans to take initiatives to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.

By WHYY Staff

Fire company in Delaware County suspended for alleged use of racial slurs

The Delaware County District Attorney’s Office plans to investigate the allegations.

By The Associated Press

Updated: 2021-12-27 14:12:12

Racial reckoning turns focus to roadside historical markers

Pennsylvania had been installing historical markers for more than a century when the racist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017 brought a fresh round of questions from the public about just whose stories were being told on the state’s roadsides…..

By The Associated Press

Jesse Owens on American Experience

Trace the story of Jesse Owens’ remarkable victories in the face of Nazi racism during the 1936 Olympics.

By Fred Vigeant/WITF
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