Experts in African-American history say the racist graffiti that was found at Eastern Michigan University early Tuesday morning is nothing new in the area.
Ronald Woods is a professor of Africology and African-American Studies at EMU. He says these types of racist messages were common when slavery ended. Many of them read "Go Back to Africa"--not too different from the one that was found on the wall at King Hall on campus.
"It does reflect an America that is still, even at this current time, has individuals and currents that are not comfortable with the presence of African-descent persons in this country."
Woods added that a big difference between now and then is that these types of messages are not ignored and are widely reported by the media.
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