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The University’s anti-racism campaign, launched this January, was the focus of events across campus to mark United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racism. \u201cIt acknowledges that racism does exist, but we can overcome it by becoming more willing to talk about race,\u201d said Meredith Crenca \u201919. \u201cIt means we are better than racism, discrimination, stereotyping, and prejudice.\u201d (University photo \/ Brandon Vick)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The University’s anti-racism campaign, launched this January, was the focus of events across campus to mark United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racism. \u201cIt acknowledges that racism does exist, but we can overcome it by becoming more willing to talk about race,\u201d said Meredith Crenca \u201919. \u201cIt means we are better than racism, discrimination, stereotyping, and prejudice.\u201d (University photo \/ Brandon Vick)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1372,"featured_media":148132,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11556],"tags":[14,28422,14812],"class_list":["post-148122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-photos","tag-events","tag-presidential-commission-on-race-and-diversity","tag-racism"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWe're Better Than That<\/title>\n<meta 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