UMass-Amherst says Harambe jokes are micro-aggressions, violate Title IX

AMHERST — Students at the University of Massachusetts' flagship campus are going ape over a recent email from resident assistants ordering them not to crack jokes about Harambe, the fallen Cincinnati gorilla who happened to have a very similar name as that of a designated African heritage student living area. "We wanted to take a moment to address some phrases that are being written on the whiteboards — specifically ones involving 'Harambe,'" read an email sent over Labor Day weekend to freshme

AMHERST — Students at the University of Massachusetts' flagship campus are going ape over a recent email from resident assistants ordering them not to crack jokes about Harambe, the fallen Cincinnati gorilla who happened to have a very similar name as that of a designated African heritage student living area. "We wanted to take a moment to address some phrases that are being written on the whiteboards — specifically ones involving 'Harambe,'" read an email sent over Labor Day weekend to freshme…