The University of California, Riverside, professors and students are holding a forum to counter Islamophobia, where they will discuss recent anti-Muslim vandalism on campus.<\/p>\n
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The University of California, Riverside, professors and students are holding a forum to counter Islamophobia, where they will discuss recent anti-Muslim vandalism on campus.<\/p>\n
Sometime during spring break, vandals defaced photos of women students and tore down an image of a Palestinian flag in the Ethnic Studies Department and graduate student offices.<\/p>\n
The forum was dubbed, \u2018Countering Islamophobia: Anti-racist responses to violence on campus\u2019.<\/p>\n
Campus police are investigating the vandalism incidents as possible hate crimes, as of Thursday, April 7, the investigation was ongoing, said UCR Assistant Vice Chancellor for Strategic Communications James Grant.<\/p>\n
The UC Riverside Media and Cultural Studies Department Facebook Page released a statement Thursday announcing the forum.<\/p>\n
\u201cRecent incidents of vandalism on UCR\u2019s campus, which targeted Arab professors and students, and women faculty and students of color, are part of a larger pattern of attacks of this nature that have been occurring with increasing frequency nationwide,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n
The Departments of Creative Writing, English, Ethnic Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Media and Cultural Studies, and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies are co-sponsoring the event, which is part of a series on Islamophobia.<\/p>\n
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