Racial slurs against blacks were found in the men’s bathrooms of a Pace building, and reported to the campus community on February 2nd. Since then, the NYPD has classified the incident as a hate crime and arrested a University student in connection with the case. Last semester saw a number of racial incidents at both campuses of the University, prompting the creation of several new programs to promote tolerance, and a new “Not On My Watch” policy from the President of Pace. The NYPD defines a hate crime as “any offense or unlawful act that is motivated in whole or part by a person's, a group's or a place's identification with a particular race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, gender or age."
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