A-Infos (en) Racially-Motivated Attack at College Angers, Frightens Students

[Tom Burghardt <tburghardt@igc.apc.org>]

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RACIALLY-MOTIVATED ATTACK AT COLLEGE ANGERS, FRIGHTENS STUDENTS
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     The Associated Press
 
     GREENSBORO, N.C. (February 13, 1998 5:36 p.m. EST) --
Assailants knocked the student government president at Guilford
College unconscious, then unbuttoned her shirt and wrote a racial
epithet across her chest.
   
     After Molly Martin announced her candidacy for re-election
as student senate president on a slate that includes a black
woman, racist fliers began appearing on campus and a letter
criticizing Martin was sent to the school newspaper.
   
     "Those kinds of messages have no place in this community,"
school President Don McNemar told a crowd of about 500 angry and
frightened students Thursday night. "There is no reason, no
appropriateness for those messages."
   
     Martin was found by her boyfriend Wednesday night with the
words "nigger lover" scrawled on her. She told officials that she
had been approached from behind and did not see who hit her.
   
     Martin spoke to the crowd briefly Thursday evening, saying
she was feeling well and thanked the campus for its support.
   
     "We're here tonight not to apologize, try to atone, get
defensive or feel guilty," she said. "We're here to act."
   
     On Feb. 2, an anonymous letter was sent to the student
senate and the campus newspaper complaining that Martin
engineered a plan to put two black students in the senate,
McNemar said.
   
     And last week, anonymous fliers were distributed around
campus saying Martin was unqualified and that students should not
re-elect her unless they want an "all-black senate."
   
     Student government elections at the liberal arts school are
scheduled for Tuesday.
 
     Copyright 1998 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
 
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