Monday, February 8, 2016

Journalism Students Allegedly Racially Profiled at Rubio Event

 
Two NYU journalism students say they were racially profiled at a Marco Rubio town hall while on a class trip to New Hampshire this weekend.

The students, who are black, were on a class assignment to cover a Rubio town hall ahead of Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary. Taisha Henry and Ugonma Ubani-Ebere say they were singled out by Rubio staffers and repeatedly told to put their cameras away while white students were allowed to film the event, NYU Professor Yvonne Latty tweeted Sunday. 

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Source: NBC News

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