Faculty Member Shoves Black Graduates Offstage, and the University of Florida Apologizes - News Summed Up

Faculty Member Shoves Black Graduates Offstage, and the University of Florida Apologizes


So far, Mr. Telusma has not called back. “We want him fired,” Mr. Garcia-Wilde said on Twitter. They had only wanted to celebrate their accomplishments, he said — not only were they receiving their bachelor’s degrees, but Mr. Garcia-Wilde had also been accepted to medical school, and Mr. Telusma was waiting to hear back from law schools. Mr. Garcia-Wilde, who was also a member of Theta Sigma, said that after seeing how other students were treated, he decided not to dance. “I told my friends I wasn’t going to stroll or dance or anything because I was afraid the guy was going to touch me,” he said.


Source: New York Times May 08, 2018 21:31 UTC



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