Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
University of Missouri's president resigned on Monday following a string of race-related incidents that students said he did not take enough action on.
Racial tensions at the University of Missouri have brewing since September when a student said he was racially abused on campus. Then in October, someone yelled the N-word at a group of black students. Later that month, feces were smeared in the shape of a swastika on the wall of a residence hall. In a protest to push Tim Wolfe to resign as president, one student went on a hunger strike in protest. Then, the football team refused to practice.
Koran Addo of the St. Louis Post Dispatch joined the show with more.
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