Getting an advanced education shouldn’t come with a side course of bigotry, but sadly it appears to be a constant occurrence in the news on multiple occasions.

Washington University is the latest to experience racism on its campus, this time in the form of vandalizing a prominent mural featuring historic Black icons that was defaced with symbols of white supremacy. Officials at the school in St. Louis have vowed to identify whoever is responsible.

It appears the crime happened sometime over the weekend, with students at the St. Louis school reporting the racist symbols to university officials on Saturday night. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the markings appeared to be of a logo synonymous with a white supremacist hate group linked to the infamous 2017 “Unite the Right” rally. Continue Reading