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Chancellor Blank: The University of Wisconsin, Race and History

Posted on September 22, 2021

In a NY Times letter to the editor, Chancellor Rebecca Blank, the Wisconsin Black Student Union, and the Union Council respond to two essays about the university by John McWhorter.

Posted in News & AnnouncementsTagged letter to the editor, New York Times, opinion, Rebecca Blank, Wisconsin Black Student Union, Wisconsin Union

OPINION: White Liberal Cognitive Dissonance Epidemic Prevalent at UW

Posted on June 5, 2018

I did not expect to sit through a white man crooning about Syrian children longing to be held in his arms at my college commencement ceremony. But I did graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. …

Posted in UncategorizedTagged editorial, opinion, UW Madison diversity

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