By Madeline Fuerstenberg, Rebecca Mennecke and Bridget Kelley, for The Spectator
One of the football players suspected of involvement in a racially charged Snapchat exchange among members of the Blugold football team is accused of allegedly donning blackface in high school and participating in conversations about “dressing black” for Halloween this fall.
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NOTE: A link to a statement from Chancellor Jim Schmidt, to the UW-EC community on Thursday, Nov. 21, can be found in the continuation of this story.
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Kendall McGinnis, Leeshaun Evans and Lewis Balom, former Blugold football players who are members of UW-Eau Claire’s Black Male Empowerment organization, shared a photograph depicting one of their former teammates appearing to be wearing blackface in high school.
McGinnis identified the player as Bryson Wilkins, a third-year student and defensive lineman on the Blugold football team.
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