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Frat Retreat Ends Early after Students ‘Frightened’ by a Banana Peel
By Katherine Timpf — August 31, 2017Ole Miss students are still reeling from the devastating and traumatic experience.
A weekend fraternity retreat at the
University of Mississippi ended early on Saturday because a student
threw his banana peel away in a tree — and some students who saw it got
“frightened” that the peel was a racist attack.
According to an article in the Daily Mississippian,
three black students told National Pan-Hellenic Council leaders that
they had seen a banana peel on a tree and that they were very upset
about it. The leaders then shared their concerns with the rest of the
camp, and one of the attendees, Ryan Swanson, admitted that he had
placed the peel on the tree — explaining that he had actually not
done so because he hates people of color and wants to intimidate them,
but because he just couldn’t find a garbage can to put it in. But it
didn’t end there: In fact, it prompted an entire day of “camp-wide
conversation” about the racist “symbolism, intended or not” of the
banana, a conversation that made some students feel so upset that they
didn’t feel “safe” enough to stay, which ultimately led to the rest of
the retreat being canceled altogether.Swanson apologized in a statement to the school paper:
I want to sincerely apologize for the events that took place this past weekend. Although unintentional, there is no excuse for the pain that was caused to members of our community.I want to thank my friends in the NPHC for their candid and constructive conversations that we have continued to have. I have much to learn and look forward to doing such and encourage all members of our university community to do the same. We must all keep in mind how our actions affect those around us differently. ...
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