Thumper
09-19-2017, 02:29 PM
A university president held a dinner for black students - and set the table with cotton stalks and collard greens.
A Tennessee university president has apologized for offending African-American students with a table centerpiece that included stalks of cotton - a piece of Southern-style decor that is raising questions about cultural and racial sensitivity.
Lipscomb University President Randy Lowry said in a statement late last week that he had invited African-American students to his home for dinner, serving what one student called “black meals” - “mac n cheese, collard greens, corn bread.” A picture posted on Instagram showed the meals placed around a table that was embellished with a jar filled with decorative branches and cotton stalks.
http://www.theledger.com/zz/shareable/20170919/university-president-held-dinner-for-black-students---and-set-table-with-cotton-stalks-and-collard-greens
A Tennessee university president has apologized for offending African-American students with a table centerpiece that included stalks of cotton - a piece of Southern-style decor that is raising questions about cultural and racial sensitivity.
Lipscomb University President Randy Lowry said in a statement late last week that he had invited African-American students to his home for dinner, serving what one student called “black meals” - “mac n cheese, collard greens, corn bread.” A picture posted on Instagram showed the meals placed around a table that was embellished with a jar filled with decorative branches and cotton stalks.
http://www.theledger.com/zz/shareable/20170919/university-president-held-dinner-for-black-students---and-set-table-with-cotton-stalks-and-collard-greens