Marquette students recorded using racial slurs in Snapchat video

Two Marquette students are facing backlash over a video posted to social media that shows them using racial slurs. The students involved are a Marquette sophomore and a Marquette freshman, who was a member of the university’s lacrosse team. Marquette officials confirmed the student-athlete was removed from the team in response to the video. The Snapchat shows both students lying down together using racial slurs repeatedly after one student asks about a facemask. The video was widely shared online before both students deleted all their social media accounts. WISN 12 News blurred the students’ faces in our report and is not releasing the students’ names. Marquette officials said the university launched a student conduct investigation. The university said the results of the investigation will remain confidential due to privacy laws.A Marquette spokesperson sent a statement to WISN 12 News:”As a Catholic, Jesuit institution, we are called to build a nurturing, inclusive community where all people feel safe, supported, welcomed and celebrated. Racism and discrimination have no place on our campus. To all of our students, and in particular to our students of color, who share in a vision for Marquette as an antiracist institution, we pledge to continue to work…
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