Wyoming university event interrupted, investigation launched

[TexasTowelie]

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — An investigation was launched in Wyoming after a virtual Black history event hosted by the University of Wyoming’s Black Studies Center was interrupted with racist slurs and pornographic images, authorities said.

The university hosted a panel discussion Monday on Zoom about the film “Black Wall Street: Before they Die!” which according to the event description, “explores the death of Black Wall Street from the survivors’ point of view,” the Casper Star-Tribune reported Wednesday.

The university said about 30 minutes into the discussion, a pornographic image and a racial slur appeared on the screen followed by an allegedly synthetic voice shouting racist phrases like “KFC and watermelon,” “porch monkey” among other epithets.

The University of Wyoming has condemned the acts and said it is working with local and federal law enforcement to determine the person or persons responsible.

Read more: https://buckrail.com/wyoming-university-event-interrupted-investigation-launched/

[hlthe2b]

1. Ironically, Laramie hired its (and WY's) FIRST EVER Black Sheriff

Laramie struggles to enter the 20th century (maybe, eventually the 21st), though much of Wyoming seems destined to stay in the 19th. Sigh.

[2naSalit]

2. +1

Montana is trying to return to the 19th too.