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Cornell University Plantations -- Students Protest 'Racist' Word in Garden Name

Cornell Students: the Word ‘Plantation’ Is Always Racist

By Katherine Timpf — February 23, 2016

A group of students at Cornell University is demanding that the school change the name of its botanical garden from “Cornell Plantations” because apparently, the word “plantation” is always racist.

The idea behind the protest is that the word evokes images of slavery. The demand to change it is just one of many demands in a seven-page document sent to the administration by Cornell Black Students United in November.
And it’s one that’s reportedly actually being considered: ...
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