Lafayette College students are protesting over a poster that was intended to attack racial stereotypes.
Some students say the poster offends blacks, instead.
The two students who made the poster and their professor are defending the work. Professor Curlee Raven Holton, who is black, says he arranged the project to have his students speak out. The poster pictured a mock financial aid form for black students, and the various lines on the form were written to reflect predjudices whites may have against blacks. As part of the class assignment, the students hung some of the posters around Lafayette's campus. About 200 students demonstrated against the posters last night, saying they contribute to racial stereotyping, instead of fighting it.