Public University Omits Race From Crime Alerts To ProtectMinority Students� Feelings

By Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Campus Reform

The University of Minnesota has discontinued using race in campus crime alerts sent to the TwinCities community.

In an email sent to faculty, staff, and students at the U of M, President Eric W. Kaler and VicePresident Pamela Wheelock said they had been made aware of the "negative impact of using race aspart of the suspect descriptions" and will cease to use racial descriptions in alerts that are "toogeneral."

"If the university is withholding information that can help me identify a threat to my safety, I cannotsupport their actions."

"We have heard from many in our community that the use of race in suspect descriptions in ourCrime Alerts may unintentionally reinforce racist stereotypes of Black men, and other people ofcolor, as criminals and threats,' Kaler said in the email obtained by Campus Reform. "That in turncan create an oppressive climate for some members of our community, a climate of suspicion andhostility."

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