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U.Va. group suggests statue removal, indigenous center

By The Associated Press

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The University of Virginia’s racial equity task force is recommending the school remove a statue of a Revolutionary War general that some have criticized for its depiction of Native Americans.

The Daily Progress reports that the task force has recommended to university President James E. Ryan that the school remove the statue and work to build a Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies in its place that would offer opportunities for academic studies, recruitment and support of Native American students, including the establishment of a tribal liaison position.

Spokesman Wes Hester said Ryan would review the plans and discuss the report with the board in September.

This school teaches Senegal’s brightest girls to push back against patriarchal norms

By The Associated Press
GOREE ISLAND, Senegal (AP) — As a child, Ndeye Awa Diop was so shy she couldn't look people in the eye. Raised in rural Senegal, she learned to embrace what was traditionally expected of girls across the predominately Muslim West African nation. They should be seen but not heard. They should obey their elders. But her life turned upside down when as a 12-year-old she was accepted into the country's first elite boarding school for girls, on Goree Island off Dakar, the capital. “So, here I am, coming here completely shy. I didn’t even dare raise my hand in class,” said Diop. She was homesick, crying. Over the years, the sisterhood of classmates helped. Now she is 19 and president of the student council, and about to graduate.
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