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‘Racist’ Rock Removed From College Campus After Black Student Union, Activists Complain 

"This moment is about the students ... that relentlessly advocated for the removal of this racist monument."

Amanda Prestigiacomo
‘Racist’ Rock Removed From College Campus After Black Student Union, Activists Complain 
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A large boulder has been removed from the University of Wisconsin-Madison after the Black Student Union and other racial justice activists complained about it being a “racist monument.”

What makes the rock allegedly racist? In the 1920s, a journalist once used a racist term to describe the large boulder.

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