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Friday, February 4th, 2022

U.S Historically Black Colleges and Universities Face Second Day of Bomb Threats

Author:     Reuters
Source:     The Guardian / Reuters
Publication Date:     Tue 1 Feb 2022 | 1418 EST
 Link: U.S Historically Black Colleges and Universities Face Second Day of Bomb Threats
Stephan:   First, note that this article appears in The Guardian, a British publication read and respected around the world. The only newspaper I know of that is owned and operated by a foundation.This is how the White terrorist MAGAts present American to the world. Second, racism in the MAGAt world has reached a level I have not seen since the 1950s. Third, be aware of the anti-science, really anti-factual knowledge bias of the MAGAt movement. You don't threaten colleges and universities if you support higher education. We are at a crossroads. The majority of America must push back against this minority -- it's roughly a two thirds, one third split.
Howard University, one of the jewels in the crown of HBCUs, was the target of bomb threats for a second day. Credit: Sarah Silbiger/Reuters

Several Black colleges and universities in the US received bomb threats and put their campuses on lockdown on Tuesday, a day after a rash of similar threats forced the cancellation of classes for the day at a number of schools.

Howard University in Washington, University of the District of Columbia, Kentucky State, Xavier University of Louisiana and Fort Valley State in Georgia were among the historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) reporting threats, according to Twitter postings and local media.

“Campus is currently on lockdown. Residential students remain in dorms. Non-residential students and staff should NOT report to campus until further notice. Campus operations are suspended for the day,” Fort Valley State said in a tweet.

Howard gave the all clear on Tuesday morning after the campus received a threat at about 2.55am, it said on Twitter.

Several HBCUs, Howard among them, told students and staff on Monday to shelter in place and canceled classes […]

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3 Comments

  1. Benjamin Paehlke on Friday, February 4, 2022 at 4:58 am

    to add to your introduction, where you hint at the beneficial effect on journalism, when it is backed (quality controlled) by a foundation, instead of solely obeying market forces:
    49% of the “le monde diplomatique” is in the hands of an association, in which a lot of active readers participate and it is limiting advertisements to 5% of it’s overall turnover. The German daily “Tageszeitung” and the Swiss weekly “Wochenzeitung” are both run as cooperatives.

  2. Michael on Friday, February 4, 2022 at 11:49 am

    There is nothing to suggest that these bomb threats are connected to Trump. For all we know,they could have come from Black Lives Matter.

    • Stephan Schwartz on Friday, February 4, 2022 at 1:42 pm

      You really are incapable of seeing reality, Michael. Do you realize a comment like yours, to an audience that deals in facts, just makes you look sad and pathetic?