In a statement published by The Gettysburgian, the family called the incident, which occurred at a men’s swim team gathering, a hate crime against their son.
On Wednesday, The Gettysburgian, the Gettysburg student newspaper, first reported that at least two students had been suspended from the college’s swim team after a racial slur was scratched onto the body of a student.
Two days later, the family of the student who had the racial slur cut onto their body at a swim team gathering contacted the paper with their statement on the incident, which is currently under investigation by the college, per a statement by Chief Communications and Marketing Officer Jamie Yates…