NAACP calls for USC to cancel ‘roast’ of Harris

The NAACP has joined a host of students in calling for the University of South Carolina to cancel a scheduled “roast” of Vice President Harris. 

In a letter to university President Michael Amiridis, the organization said that while it is nonpartisan and does not endorse candidates, it was “compelled to write this letter because of the blatant sexist and racist nature of the event, the advertisement for it, and the potential for violence on campus because of the proposed event.”