New
York University has issued a public apology and fired their director of
food service after students pointed out the watermelon-flavoured water
and collard greens the school was serving during Black History Month
were racially insensitive.
College
of Arts and Science sophomore Nia Harris noticed the offensive meal
when she walked into Weinstein Passport Dining Hall - before alerting
the deans of the school and NYU’s President Hamilton of the insensitive
and “stereotypical” meal.
In
her letter, which she also shared on Facebook, Harris wrote: “It is
with great sadness and frustration that I even have to send this email.”
“Not
only was this racially insensitive, this was just ignorant. In 2018,
there’s no excuse for intentional and deliberate disrespect,” she
continued.
Harris
then requested the school make a public apology to its black students -
and suggested if the school wants to “learn how to celebrate Black
history and culture during this month, you can ask the black students at
this school instead of patronising us with Kool Aid, watermelon, and
ribs.”
Source: Yahoo News
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