President: WWU is too white, will fail

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Western Washington University President Bruce Shepard is attempting to garner attention by saying the university is too white. The News Tribune,

“In a convocation speech, referring to the racial make-up of the school, Shepard said, “…if in decades ahead, we are as white as we are today, we will have failed as a university.” He made a similar comment in a blog posting.

“On the university’s website, he posed the question, “How do we make sure that in future years we are not as white as we are today?”

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