Alabama Student No Longer Enrolled at School After Racist Videos Surface
A former University of Alabama student is apologizing for posting videos using a racial slur.
Harley Barber told the New York Post , “I don’t know what to do and I feel horrible. I’m wrong and there’s just no excuse for what I did.”
Barber is no longer enrolled at the university after the videos were reported to school administrators.
President Stuart R. Bell in a Wednesday statement called the videos “highly offensive and deeply hurtful.”
Bell said university officials “hold our students to much higher standards, and we apologize to everyone who has seen the videos and been hurt by this hateful, ignorant and offensive behavior.”
Barber told the newspaper she is returning home to New Jersey after being expelled from the university. The university would not confirm her expulsion, but a spokesman said she is no longer enrolled there.
In one video, Barber uses a racial slur for African-Americans. In a second video responding to criticism, she says she’ll use the word, “as much as I want” and then repeats it multiple times.
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