UW-Madison understands the tremendously negative impact bias or hate incidents can have on individuals and communities. This report provides a summary of incidents reported through the bias reporting process from June 2020 through August 2020.
Previous semester logs are also available for review.
| wdt_ID | Date of Report | Date of Incident | Location | Type | Targeted Identity | Request for Contact | Action Taken |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 06/02/2020 | 06/01/2020 | Non-Campus University Property (e.g., Student Organization House, Arboretum) - 216 Langdon St. | Written (not vandalism), Written (Vandalism | Race/Ethnicity, Political Affiliation, Socioeconomic Status | Yes | A student submitted a report documenting Race/Ethnicity, National Origin, Political Affiliation, Religion and Sexual Orientation bias in the form of vandalism as well property damage. Outreach sent to reporting student and they informed our office that t |
| 2 | 06/03/2020 | 06/01/2020 | Online/Social Media | Microaggression, Verbal (non-threatening) | Race/Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status | No | An anonymous individual submitted a report documenting Race/Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status bias in the form of a video on TikTok. It was determined that the person identified in the video is not a UW Student. No outreach sent to reporter since it wa |
| 3 | 06/03/2020 | 06/01/2020 | Online/Social Media - TikTok (found out about the incident on Twitter) | Microaggression, Verbal (non-threatening), Public Space (multiple people can witness incident), Online | Race/Ethnicity | Yes | A community member submitted a report documenting Race/Ethnicity bias in the form of a video on TikTok. Outreach sent to reporting individual. It was determined that the person identified in the video is not a UW Student. Case closed. |
| 4 | 06/03/2020 | 06/03/2020 | Online/Social Media | Verbal (non-threatening), Online | Race/Ethnicity | Not necessary, unluess additional information is needed | A community member submitted a report documenting Race/Ethnicity bias in the form of a video on TikTok. Outreach sent to reporting individual. It was determined that the person identified in the video is not a UW Student. Case closed. |
| 5 | 06/04/2020 | 06/04/2020 | Non-Campus University Property (e.g., Student Organization House, Aboretum) | Online | Race/Ethnicity | No | An anonymous individual submitted a report documenting Race/Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status bias in the form of a video on TikTok. It was determined that the person identified in the video is not a UW Student. No outreach sent to reporter since it wa |
| 6 | 06/09/2020 | 06/03/2020 | Online/Social Media - TikTok | Verbal (non-threatening), Public Space (mulitple people can witness incident), Online | Race/Ethnicity | Yes | A community member submitted a report documenting Race/Ethnicity bias in the form of a video on TikTok. Outreach sent to reporting individual. It was determined that the person identified in the video is not a UW Student. Case closed. |
| 7 | 06/06/2020 | 02/18/2020 | On-Campus Other Building (University Owned) | Microaggression, Verbal (threatening) | Age, Unknown | Yes | A staff member submitted a report documenting Age bias within the Wisconsin Union Theater. Since there was no student involvement reported, the report has been set to HR for the Union. Case closed. |
| 8 | 06/13/2020 | 06/12/2020 | On-Campus Other Building (University Owned) - | Online | Socioeconomic Status | Yes | A student submitted a report documenting Socioeconomic Status bias. Outreach sent to student to seek more information. Student provided brief response, without more detailed information. Not enough information provided in the report to address it furt |
| 9 | 06/15/2020 | 06/01/2020 | On-Campus Outside/Not in Building (University Property) | Written (vandalism), Public Space (multiple people can witness incident) | Race/Ethnicity | Yes | A student submitted a report documenting Race/Ethnicity bias in the form of graffiti on their apartment building. Outreach sent to reporting student. Impacted student is working with DoSO, PEOPLE, and DDEA. Case Pending. |
| 10 | 06/17/2020 | 06/16/2020 | On-Campus Other Building (University Owned) - Amazon hub | Public Space (multiple people can witness incident) | Race/Ethnicity | Yes | A student submitted a report documenting Race/Ethnicity bias in the Amazon hub. Outreach sent to student. Incident was reviewed to determine if there was contract violation with the facility use agreement with Amazon. No violation was found. Case clos |
| Date of Report | Date of Incident | Location | Type | Targeted Identity | Request for Contact | Action Taken |