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Blackface Sparks Controversy At Lehigh

First Posted: 01/15/11 05:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 07:10 PM ET

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Two white male students, who attended what appears to be an off-campus Halloween weekend party, blackened their faces and arms while wearing tennis clothes and wigs, posing as Serena and Venus Williams.

The incident was brought to the attention of the administration after pictures of the two students at the party surfaced on Facebook.

Though many students were offended by the incident, which has erupted into a source of tension at Lehigh, others don't believe the students' intentions were racist.

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Two white male students, who attended what appears to be an off-campus Halloween weekend party, blackened their faces and arms while wearing tennis clothes and wigs, posing as Serena and Venus William...
Two white male students, who attended what appears to be an off-campus Halloween weekend party, blackened their faces and arms while wearing tennis clothes and wigs, posing as Serena and Venus William...
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11:32 PM on 11/15/2010
Those Two will never become as wealthy or accomplish anything of worth noting as either Venus or Serena and that is the TRUTH!
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