Karal was originally facing up to 30 days in jail, but a judge accepted Karal’s plea for accelerated rehabilitation, under which he will spend 6 months on probation while completing 20 hours of community service. The student will also be forced to under go “diversity and bias” training.
He was walking with friends in an empty parking lot and yelled, ”Nigger!”
He did not direct the name at any individual. There were none present. He was videotaped by someone on an upper floor of a nearby dorm.
He was guilty of being stupid, crude, even vulgar. In other words, a typical immature college kid acting like a fool with friends after a night of partying.
That last line is the real problem - if he'd just had a tan, he would've been ignored for this same behavior, even if his tan turned out to be Arab, Indian or Polynesian flavored, it doesn't matter as long as it's tan.
He was walking with friends in an empty parking lot and yelled, ”Nigger!”
He did not direct the name at any individual. There were none present. He was videotaped by someone on an upper floor of a nearby dorm.
He was guilty of being stupid, crude, even vulgar. In other words, a typical immature college kid acting like a fool with friends after a night of partying.
Oh, and he was doing so while being white.
That last line is the real problem - if he'd just had a tan, he would've been ignored for this same behavior, even if his tan turned out to be Arab, Indian or Polynesian flavored, it doesn't matter as long as it's tan.