The “art” consisted of hanging “whites only” and “blacks only” signs in a campus building.

James Mietus reports at Campus Reform.

Segregation art project sparks uproar at SUNY Buffalo

A student at the University of Buffalo ignited controversy Wednesday for hanging “White Only” and “Black Only” signs on bathrooms and drinking fountains in Clemens Hall that houses offices and classrooms for the College of Arts and Sciences. The signs, which campus police removed after receiving complaints, were posted as an assignment for an art class.

Campus officials initially treated the incident as an “insensitive prank.”

Ashley Powell, a graduate student in fine arts, came forward as the individual behind the project at a meeting of the Black Student Union on September 16. Powell, who is black, hung the signs as a project for her “Installation: Urban Spaces” class, which requires the creation of an art installation in a public space.

Powell explained that her purpose was to “get a reaction out of people.”


 
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