The University of Maryland has suspended its tennis club after members of the group passed out a Google document that contained racist images.
\n\nThe electronic files were sent to other tennis organizations and were meant to inform players and fans about a weekend fall tournament set to be held on the College Park campus.
\n\nOne of the images on the program reportedly depicted people in KKK hoods, CBS News reported.
\n\nThe offensive image has not been made public.
\n\nOfficials at UMD’s Recreation and Wellness (RecWell) department saw the image on Saturday, and the school reacted quickly.
\n\n“The Maryland Club Tennis student organization distributed programming material with a graphic containing racist imagery targeting people who are Black or African American,” UMD’s statement said. “They emailed this information to other university tennis clubs in the region about this weekend’s fall tournament at College Park.”
\n\nHoward University, a Historically Black University (HBCU) in Washington, D.C., reportedly received the materials and was participating in the tournament.
\n\nUMD officials added that they are “horrified” by the materials and offered their “regret and sincere apology for the harm that this has caused.”
\n\n“In addition to UMD club tennis apologizing and forfeiting its matches, UMD’s director of…
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