I forgot to post this too. Aparrently, someone has started a petition about this. Here is the link
http://www.petitiononline.com/UMBC/ and here's what the introduction says:
Quoted from
www.petitiononline.com
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It has come to our attention that an article was printed in the The Retriever Weekly, produced at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. There is an article at this website address called:From Bondage to Books: An Idiot’s Guide to Black History Month by R. E. Thomas, that is blatantly racist and demeaning to the legacy of millions of Blacks killed and affected by the evils of slavery. It also says that now that black history month is over that it is a "Good Riddance" People we must not let this kind of racism be perpetuated especially by a COLLEGE NEWSPAPER that serves a diverse student body, as well as any one that is writing a public article be so blatantly racist. In signing this petition the undersigned is showing The University of Maryland, Baltimore County, that this kind of thing will not be tolerated. This petition calls for the firing of the article writer, R. E. Thomas, and we call for a public apology by the editor of the college paper.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
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