Howard interim president calls Maryland tennis imagery ‘rooted in hatred and racial violence’

The president of Howard University's club tennis team told WUSA9 she came across a graphic in the invitational documents that appeared to depict two Ku Klux Klan hoods. She wrote directly to the University of Maryland and demanded immediate action. The Athletic reported that Maryland suspended its club tennis program indefinitely, with university spokesman Jordan Dunklee saying the school "is horrified and expresses its regret and sincere apology for the harm that this has caused." According to the university, members of the club tennis student organization distributed the racist material by email to other club teams in the region.