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Clip: Season 2100 Episode 2143 | 1m 38s | Video has closed captioning.
UW-Madison Black student activists and Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin respond to a social media video of a white student saying racist slurs and the demands raised in subsequent protests across campus.
Aired: 05/05/23
>> ALL RIGHT.
PROFESSOR, THANKS VERY MUCH.
>> MY PLEASURE.
>> TURNING TO EDUCATION, ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES MAY REPORTEDLY BE HELD HOSTAGE BY REPUBLICANS IF THE UW SYSTEM DOES NOT AGREE TO ELIMINATE OFFICES RELATED TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION, A TREND BEING SEEN NATIONWIDE.
THIS NEWS COMES THE SAME WEEK A SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO OF A UW MADISON STUDENT HURLING RACIST SLURS HAS GONE VIRAL.
OUTRAGE OVER THE STUDENT'S COMMENTS PROMPTED PROTESTS ON CAMPUS AND A LIST OF DEMANDS FROM THE STUDENT-LED BLACK POWER COALITION, DELIVERED TO THE OFFICE OF UW MADISON CHANCELLOR, JENNIFER NOOK KIN, INCLUDING ACADEMIC ACCOMMODATIONS, MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES AND COMPULSION OF THE STUDENT IN THE VIDEO.
>> I WOULD SAY THAT A LOT OF STUDENTS' INITIAL THOUGHTS WERE SHOCK, CONFUSION AND PAIN.
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, ACTS LIKE THESE ARE NOT UNCOMMON HERE AND WE DECIDED THAT THIS WAS THE TIME TO REALLY BAND TOGETHER IN ORDER TO MAKE THESE THINGS NOT CONTINUE TO BE A REOCCURRENCE.
AMONOOK KIN'S RESPONSE ACKNOWLED HARM CAUSED BUT SAYING AS TO THE INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE RACIST VIDEO, THERE ARE NUMEROUS LEGAL CONSTRAINTS, BOTH ON WHAT WE CAN SAY AND WHAT WE CAN DO AS A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY, EVEN THOUGH THE VIDEO IS BOTH HATEFUL AND HARMFUL, I KNOW THAT IS NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR, BUT WE ARE
