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More Offensive Language At Univ. Of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL – The University of Alabama is again responding to an incident of racially insensitive language on the Tuscaloosa campus.

The administration sent students a mass e-mail Wednesday saying someone had used chalk to write disparaging words about various ethnic and racial groups, including blacks and whites. The e-mail didn't say exactly what was written or where the incident occurred.

But the writing included the words ``First Amendment.'' A message from university vice president Mark Nelson says the school supports free-speech rights, but it calls the incident ``mean-spirited and unacceptable.''

A member of a white fraternity is currently being disciplined after being accused of yelling a racial slur at a black man on campus last weekend.

(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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