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LEXINGTON, Va (AP) – A state-sanctioned report says the Virginia Military Institute has tolerated and failed to address institutional racism and sexism and must be held accountable for making changes. The report was put together by an independent law firm and released Tuesday by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam and other state officials ordered an investigation after The Washington Post reported that Black cadets and alumni faced “relentless racism.” The state-sanctioned report says racist slurs and jokes are not uncommon and that sexual assault is prevalent yet inadequately addressed. VMI was founded in 1839 and is the nation’s oldest state-supported military college. It didn’t accept African Americans until 1968 or women until the 1990s.
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Newly released report on VMI s campus culture finds racism and sexism present
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Crews prepare to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Thomas Stonewall Jackson from the campus of the Virginia Military Institute on Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, in Lexington, Va. (AP Photo/Sarah Rankin)
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RICHMOND - Governor Ralph Northam and other statewide leaders released a report on campus culture at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) after an investigation was called to investigate a culture of ongoing structural racism at the college.
The investigation was ordered in October 2020 after a story by The Washington Post that said Black cadets and alumni faced ârelentless racismâ at the nationâs oldest state-supported military college.