Students at Georgia Southern University burned the books of a Cuban-American author on a grill following a lecture in which she argued with participants about white privilege and diversity
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Jennine Capó Crucet visited the campus in Statesboro on Wednesday to discuss her 2015 novel,"Make Your Home Among Strangers," which students were assigned to read for their First Year Experience course. Jennine Capó CrucetMultiple videos on social media show students gathered around a grill burning copies of Capó Crucet's novel and laughing. "This is where we are, America," Capó Crucet tweeted Wednesday following the incident.
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