University of Wisconsin officials labeled two students racists for posting photos of themselves wearing a dark exfoliating facial mask. Chancellor Beverly Kopper mistook the skin-care product for blackface, and called the photo "hurtful and destructive." Kopper later said the students should have considered "the implications" of sharing that photo publicly.
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