Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, says a student expelled for racist social media has been reinstated after an appeal revealed the woman did not post the content.
Two Halloween posts shared that day include a photo of a woman in a green"Border Patrol" t-shirt holding handcuffs and posing with a man in a serape and sombrero, paired with the words,"border?...secured. found him, met him & and just had to get a pic."
While the institution said it cleared the student because she did not post the content, it did not say if the content in question showed the student using racist language and imagery. It did not reveal the student's name, nor did it refer directly to the Instagram posts described by critics.that the student argued convincingly at a"Faculty Student Judicial Board" hearing"she did not make the racist post.
The imagery examined by the school was from the student's high school days, Lawrence said, and was created during school activity. The student's argument"supposedly includes proof that the words were added by someone who downloaded her photo and then reposted it," she said.
"There is no place for racism at Wesleyan College, and we take seriously our responsibility to combat that scourge across all aspects of our institution," she said.second guessed the reinstatement and noted the institution's lack of transparency and detail.
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