[Marxism] PSU student: No apology for blackface

[Christopher Carrico <ccarrico@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>   PSU student: No apology for blackface
>
>   Saturday, December 06, 2003
>
>   By The Associated Press
>
>   UNIVERSITY PARK -- A Penn State University student
>   who wore blackface to impersonate the student body
>   vice president says he has nothing to apologize for.
>
>   Jason Covener told Penn State's student newspaper,
>   The Daily Collegian, on Thursday that he was the
>   person in blackface in photographs that were posted
>   on the personal Web site of Brian Battaglia, the
>   chairman of the Penn State College Republicans.
>
>   "I dressed up as Takkeem Morgan. I don't really feel
>   compelled, though, to defend or explain how I dress
>   at a private Halloween party," said Covener, a
>   member of the College Republicans.
>
>   In a written statement Thursday night, Battaglia
>   also defended the pictures -- although he had
>   removed them from his Web site -- saying his
>   organization stands for freedom of speech.
>
>   But Cathy Carre, treasurer of the College
>   Republicans, told the Collegian that she had
>   resigned her position because she objected to the
>   photos and to a recent Conservative Coming Out Day
>   in which conservative students were urged to reveal
>   their political leanings.
>
>   The picture showed Covener in blackface, and the
>   caption identified him as Morgan, vice president of
>   the Undergraduate Student Government, who pleaded
>   guilty last month to a summary charge of criminal
>   mischief relating to a stolen bicycle.
>
>   A second photo showed a man wearing a pillow case as
>   a Ku Klux Klan hood with a reference to
>   cross-burning in the caption.
>
>   The Penn State Black Caucus demanded Battaglia's
>   resignation from the College Republicans.
>
>   Black Caucus President Tiffanie Lewis on Thursday
>   said the pictures were inappropriate for the leader
>   of a student organization.
>
>   "It's not an isolated incident. We believe that it's
>   part of the contentious racial climate at Penn
>   State," Lewis said.

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