Colleges add racial sensitivity to curriculum

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As symbols of racial hatred show up, sensitivity is added to curriculum

A couple of weeks into classes at the University of Maryland, a rope tied into what looked like a noose was found hanging outside the campus's African-American cultural center. Campus police reports this month included two incidents of racially disparaging remarks, one written on a workstation and one in the student union bathroom.

In another incident, a swastika was spray-painted on the car of a member of the Kappa Alpha fraternity, which one member described as a Christian fraternity.

It's not the only campus that has seen intolerance. A Maryland congressman is asking for a probe into nooses left among the personal effects of a black cadet at the US Coast Guard Academy and on the office floor of a staff member doing racial sensitivity training after the initial incident.

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