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09-06-2017, 06:51 AM
It’s racist, like everything else.
Ole Miss cancels off-campus weekend Greek Life retreat after a BANANA PEEL found in a tree sparks racial fears
By Snejana Farberov For Dailymail.com
20:43 31 Aug 2017, updated 04:02 01 Sep 2017
Incident took place Saturday at Camp Hopewell during a Greek Life leadership-building retreat that was supposed to last three days
Three members of historically black sorority say they found banana peel hanging from a tree after attending discussion about race relations
Ole Miss senior Ryan Swanson came forward, saying he tossed the peel because he could not find a trash can
Retreat was scrapped after heated discussion that left some students feeling 'not welcome' and 'not safe'
A Greek Life retreat at the University of Mississippi was scrapped last weekend after African-American students discovered a banana peel in a tree, raising racial concerns.
Members of fraternities and sororities at the University of Mississippi, better known as Ole Miss, had traveled to Camp Hopewell in Lafayette County to attend what was billed as a three-day leadership-building event.
But the off-campus retreat ended abruptly on Saturday evening, hours after three members of a historically black sorority found the peel hanging from a tree at the camp.
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A Greek Life retreat at the University of Mississippi, better known as Ole Miss was scrapped last weekend after African-American students discovered a banana peel in a tree
Makala McNeil, communication chair at Alpha Kappa Alpha and one of the women who made the discovery, alerted Greek Life leaders, sparking hours of heated exchanges about possible racial undertones, reported The Daily Mississippian, Ole Miss' student newspaper.
Ole Miss accounting major Ryan Swanson, who is white, quickly came forward, admitting that he was the one who had tossed the banana skin into the tree, but he insisted that he did so because he could not find a garbage can and meant no offense to anyone.
DailyMail.com reached out to Mr Swanson, vice president of recruitment with the Interfraternity Council at Ole Miss, seeking comment Thursday.
Alexa Lee Arndt, interim director of Fraternity and Sorority Life at Ole Miss, said in an internal email obtained by The Daily Mississippian that many members of the Ole Miss community were 'hurt, frightened, and upset' in the wake of the peel incident.
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Makala McNeil, communication chair at Alpha Kappa Alpha, was one of the students who made the discovery and alerted organizers.
Because of the underlying reality many students of color endure on a daily basis, the conversation manifested into a larger conversation about race relations today at the University of Mississippi,’ Arndt stated.
McNeil, the Alpha Kappa Alpha leader who is also a prominent member of the NAACP at Ole Miss, said she and two of her sisters spotted the peel after taking part in a group discussion about race relations, which was followed by a communal breakfast where bananas were served.
Speaking to the school paper, McNeil, who is a senior double-majoring in marketing communications and sociology, said the tone of that morning's conversation about race in Mississippi was 'heavy.'
McNeil went on to say that it felt 'surreal' to later find the peel suspended 6 feet up a tree trunk.
‘That, to me, was a slap in the face to see that banana hanging in a tree after talking about the personal truths of our campus,’ McNeil said..
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4841892/Ole-Miss-cancels-event-banana-peel-tree.html
Ole Miss cancels off-campus weekend Greek Life retreat after a BANANA PEEL found in a tree sparks racial fears
By Snejana Farberov For Dailymail.com
20:43 31 Aug 2017, updated 04:02 01 Sep 2017
Incident took place Saturday at Camp Hopewell during a Greek Life leadership-building retreat that was supposed to last three days
Three members of historically black sorority say they found banana peel hanging from a tree after attending discussion about race relations
Ole Miss senior Ryan Swanson came forward, saying he tossed the peel because he could not find a trash can
Retreat was scrapped after heated discussion that left some students feeling 'not welcome' and 'not safe'
A Greek Life retreat at the University of Mississippi was scrapped last weekend after African-American students discovered a banana peel in a tree, raising racial concerns.
Members of fraternities and sororities at the University of Mississippi, better known as Ole Miss, had traveled to Camp Hopewell in Lafayette County to attend what was billed as a three-day leadership-building event.
But the off-campus retreat ended abruptly on Saturday evening, hours after three members of a historically black sorority found the peel hanging from a tree at the camp.
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A Greek Life retreat at the University of Mississippi, better known as Ole Miss was scrapped last weekend after African-American students discovered a banana peel in a tree
Makala McNeil, communication chair at Alpha Kappa Alpha and one of the women who made the discovery, alerted Greek Life leaders, sparking hours of heated exchanges about possible racial undertones, reported The Daily Mississippian, Ole Miss' student newspaper.
Ole Miss accounting major Ryan Swanson, who is white, quickly came forward, admitting that he was the one who had tossed the banana skin into the tree, but he insisted that he did so because he could not find a garbage can and meant no offense to anyone.
DailyMail.com reached out to Mr Swanson, vice president of recruitment with the Interfraternity Council at Ole Miss, seeking comment Thursday.
Alexa Lee Arndt, interim director of Fraternity and Sorority Life at Ole Miss, said in an internal email obtained by The Daily Mississippian that many members of the Ole Miss community were 'hurt, frightened, and upset' in the wake of the peel incident.
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Makala McNeil, communication chair at Alpha Kappa Alpha, was one of the students who made the discovery and alerted organizers.
Because of the underlying reality many students of color endure on a daily basis, the conversation manifested into a larger conversation about race relations today at the University of Mississippi,’ Arndt stated.
McNeil, the Alpha Kappa Alpha leader who is also a prominent member of the NAACP at Ole Miss, said she and two of her sisters spotted the peel after taking part in a group discussion about race relations, which was followed by a communal breakfast where bananas were served.
Speaking to the school paper, McNeil, who is a senior double-majoring in marketing communications and sociology, said the tone of that morning's conversation about race in Mississippi was 'heavy.'
McNeil went on to say that it felt 'surreal' to later find the peel suspended 6 feet up a tree trunk.
‘That, to me, was a slap in the face to see that banana hanging in a tree after talking about the personal truths of our campus,’ McNeil said..
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4841892/Ole-Miss-cancels-event-banana-peel-tree.html