title
A Test of Racism Produces an Uproar

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New York Times

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Gilbert Moore, a black student, was suspended after he confessed to posting racial slurs on the Black Student Union. There was a major upsurge of hand-wringing and speeches about diversity and so on between when the racist notes were discovered and when Moore confessed to the hoaux. The BSU continued to exploit the incident as a bona fide case of white racism until the student newspaper reported otherwise.

date read
2012-12-21

date published
1993-02-17