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After Sarah Braasch backlash for calling police on Black Yale student, websites that posted her pro-slavery, pro-hate speech writing denounce her actions

Two websites theGrio cited that hosted content by Sarah Braasch have distanced themselves from her words and Braasch herself.

TheGrio Staff / May 11, 2018

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Shonda Rhimes, Roxane Gay and Soledad O’Brien react to #NappingWhileBlack incident at Yale

When Sarah Braasch called the police on Lolade Siyonbola for falling asleep in the common room of the Yale residence hall where

TheGrio Staff / May 10, 2018

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Black Yale student blasts dean for inaction after white woman calls police on her for napping in dorm “We don’t want to wait for a fatality”

Yale graduate student Lolade Siyonbola, who was simply taking a nap in the common room of her residence hall when

Demetria Irwin / May 10, 2018

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‘I Love Hate Speech’: Sarah Braasch, the white woman who called police on Black Yale grad student for napping in dorm, defends slavery and supports burqa ban in writings

Here are five things to know about Sarah Braasch, the woman who called the police on a fellow Yale graduate

TheGrio Staff / May 10, 2018

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Yale says police ‘admonished’ the woman who called them to remove a napping Black grad student

Yale's Vice President of Student Life, Kimberly Goff-Crews issued a statement to students yesterday in response to the #NappingWhileBlack incident

TheGrio Staff / May 10, 2018

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#YaleWhileBlack: White woman calls police on Black grad student for napping in dorm

Black Yale teaching fellow Lolade Siyonbola says her white neighbor took the extreme measure of calling the police when she fell

TheGrio Staff / May 8, 2018