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 |
| 11 | 06/17/2020 | 06/17/2020 | Online/Social Media | Online | Race/Ethnicity | Yes | A community member submitted a report documenting Race/Ethnicity bias on social media by a UW Student. Responded to reporting community member. Conversation held with student. Case closed. |
| 12 | 06/18/2020 | 06/18/2020 | Online/Social Media | Microaggression, Verbal (non-threatening), Verbal (threatening), Online | Race/Ethnicity | Not necessary, unless additional information is needed | An individual unaffiliated with UW submitted a report documenting Race/Ethnicity bias on social media by a UW student. Responded to reporting individual. Conversation held with student. Case closed. |
| 13 | 06/17/2020 | 06/14/2020 | Elsewhere in Madison - online correspondence, FB and private messaging | Microaggression, Verbal (non-threatening), Verbal (threatening), Public Space | Race/Ethnicity, Gender, Political Affiliation, Unknown | Not necessary, unless additional information is needed | A student submitted a report on behalf of another student documenting bias by another student via private messages and a facebook community page. Response sent to reporting party. Incident shared with Law School. Law School is addressing the situation |
| 14 | 06/23/2020 | 06/23/2020 | Online.Social Media - Instagram | Microaggression, Written (not vandalism), Public Space, Online | Race/Ethnicity, Political Affiliation, Socioeconomic Status | Yes | A community member submitted a report documenting Political Affiliation and Socioeconomic Status bias by a UW student on social media. Response sent to reporting individual. Three outreach attempts made to named student to invite them to have a conversa |
| 15 | 06/24/2020 | 05/02/2020 | On-Campus Other Building (University Owned) - McClain Sports Medicine Center | Microaggression, Verbal (non-threatening) | Race/Ethnicity, National Origin | Not necessary, unless additional information is needed | An anonymous student submitted a report documenting race/ethnicity and national origin bias by another student. Worked with the Sports Medicine department to address this. No outreach sent to reporter because it was anonymous. Three outreach attempts s |
| 16 | 06/25/2020 | 06/25/2020 | On-Campus Other Building (University Owned) - The Terrace | Verbal (non-threatening), Verbal (threatening), Public Space | Race/Ethnicity | Not necessary, unless additional information is needed | A student submitted a report documenting race/ethnicity bias by a security guard at The Terrace. Report was sent to the Union to look into working with the private security company to address the incident. Outreach sent to student and student stated tha |
| 17 | 06/26/2020 | 06/25/2020 | On-Campus Other Building (University Owned) | Written (not vandalism) | Race/Ethnicity, Socioecnomic Status | Yes | A community member submitted a report documenting race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status bias in a flyer posted in a University building. Responded to reporting individual. Worked with Facilities Planning and Management and the flyer was removed. Case |
| 18 | 06/30/2020 | 03/15/2019 | On-Campus Other Building (University Owned) - Health Sciences Learning Center | Verbal (non-threatening), Public Space (mulitple people can witness incident), | Gender, Gender Identity/Expression, Sexual Orientation | Not necessary, unless additional information is needed | An anonymous individual submitted a report documenting gender, Gender identity/expression, and sexual orientation bias by a past student during a speech. School of medicine and public health is working to address the incident. Case pending. |
| 19 | 07/05/2020 | 07/04/2020 | Online/Social Media - Twitter and other social Media | Microaggression, Online | Race/Ethnicity, Gender Identity/Expression | Not necessary, unless additional information is needed | A student submitted a report documenting Race/Ethnicity and Gender Identity/Expression bias by another student on social media. Outreach sent to reporting student. Email sent to student named in the report inviting them to have a conversation about the |
| 20 | 07/06/2020 | 06/19/2020 | Online/Social Media | Microaggression, Verbal (non-threatening), Online | Disability, Race/Ethnicity, National Origin | Yes | A graduate student submitted a report documenting Disability, Race/Ethnicity, and National Origin by another graduate student during a virtual meeting. Outreach sent to reporter. Case pending. |
| 21 | 07/06/2020 | 08/15/2014 | On-Campus Other Building (University Owned) - Sewell Social Sciences | Verbal (threatening) | Unknown | Not necessary, unless additional information is needed | A previous graduate student submitted a report documenting bias by a faculty member. Report sent to Human Resources for follow-up. Case closed. |
| 22 | 07/06/2020 | 07/06/2020 | On-Campus Other Building (University Owned) | Microaggression, Verbal (non-threatening), Public Space (multiple people can witness incident), Online | Disability | Not necessary, unless additional information is needed | A student submitted a report documenting Disability bias by a faculty member. Sent outreach to reporting student. Informed McBurney of the report. |
| 23 | 07/15/2020 | 07/15/2020 | Online/Social Media - Emails sent to UW Madison Student Listserv | Written (not-vandalism), Public Space (multiple people can witness incident), Online | Race/Ethnicity | No | An anonymous individual submitted a report documenting race/ethnicity bias by an unaffiliated student group. Report was sent to administration at Center for Leadership and Involvement. The report was filed anonymously, so no follow-up done with reportin |
| 24 | 07/15/2020 | 07/15/2020 | Online/Social Media - Facebook | Miroaggression, Public Space (multiple people can witness incident), Online | Race/Ethnicity | Not necessary, unless additional information is needed | A student submitted a report documenting race/ethnicity bias by a former UW Student. Outreach sent to student reporter. Case Closed. |
| 25 | 07/16/2020 | 07/15/2020 | Online/Social Media | Microaggression, Verbal (non-threatening), Written (not vandalism), Online | Race/Ethnicity | No | An anonymous individual submitted a report documenting race/ethnicity bias by a former UW Student. Outreach sent to student reporter. Case closed. |
| Date of Report | Date of Incident | Location | Type | Targeted Identity | Request for Contact | Action Taken |