U. of Wisconsin Students Call for the Removal of ‘Racist’ Boulder
TOM CICCOTTA1
Sep 2020
Students at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, are calling for the removal of a 70-ton landmark boulder on campus because it had a racist nickname in the early 20th century.
According to a report by the College Fix, student activists at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, are calling for the removal of a boulder, formally known as the “Chamberlin Rock,” over concerns about a nickname that was once used to describe it in the 1920s. In at least one historical document from that time, the boulder was referred to as a “n*ggerhead rock,” which according to Madison.com, was “a commonly used expression at the time to describe any large dark rock.”
Student activists pointed out this summer that some had used a racial slur when describing the rock in the early 20th century. Although the nickname seemingly hasn’t been used in almost a century, students are still calling for its removal.
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