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Black student accused of ‘harassment’ for sitting in university waiting room

Twitter users accuse US university staff member of racial discrimination after incident.

 

A video showing a university employee telling a black student he was harassing staff by sitting in a waiting room went viral after he posted it to Twitter on Wednesday.

Kevin Bruce, a student at Kennesaw State University in Georgia, said he went to his academic advisor’s office after repeated attempts to set up an appointment. According to Bruce, he told an assistant that he would wait to talk to his advisor. A staff member later told Bruce he was harassing his advisor. 

The university responded with a tweet the next morning:

 

Published On 14 May 2015