evt_2026_0026
DOJ and OCR reached a resolution agreement with UC San Diego after investigating racial harassment complaints involving African-American students.
The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division case summary states that DOJ and OCR reached a resolution agreement with the University of California, San Diego after investigating complaints of racial harassment against African-American students on campus, including public displays of nooses and a Ku Klux Klan-style hood and an off-campus party involving stereotypes of African-Americans.
Public institutional response
The public case summary states that UC San Diego voluntarily entered into a resolution agreement and agreed to revise policies, maintain an office for harassment and discrimination complaints, and provide mandatory trainings.
- Response date
- 2012-04-10
- Legal status
- DOJ and OCR resolution agreement announced
- Date
- 2012-04-10
- Location
- San Diego, CA
- Category
- Harassment or threat
- Communities
- Black
- Verification
- Verified from public source
- Confidence
- High
- Verification rationale
- Verified from public source; 1 public source reviewed (Government case summary). Confidence reflects source support, not severity.
- Last updated
- 2026-06-03
- Record hash
- sha256:b2c133f19a02a85f9ef352f4e509018e9fe21a26d8738345cc5b78dc19697661