A fellow student, Nia Harris, came to investigate for herself. "I talked
to the head cook who told me 'black people put this menu together' and
assured me that it was not racially insensitive," Harris said.
Frustrated by that response, she sent an email to the head of the dining
hall, copied several deans from the university and posted it on
Facebook. Within 24 hours NYU President Andrew Hamilton responded with a
statement, calling the menu "inexcusably insensitive" and saying the
school's food vendor, Aramark, did not discuss the menu choices with
them beforehand. "That error was compounded by the insensitivity of the
replies made to a student who asked Aramark staff on site how the
choices.
Source: Yahoo News
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