via Columbia Tribune: Cottonballs Scattered in Front of MU’s Black culture Center
“Before the Civil War, many enslaved African-Americans were forced to work on cotton plantations.” Now during Black History month, cotton balls were used by a couple of University of Missouri students to send a racially charged message.
Talk of the incident spread via text message, Facebook, Twitter and word-of-mouth later in the morning. Many comments on the subject said it was an example of continuing racism.
