Yale Offers Worker Who Broke 'Racist' Image Job Back

NEW HAVEN, CT— Yale University has offered to give the man who was arrested for destroying a slavery image in a dining hall his job back.

"Yale informed Mr. Menafee’s attorney that we are willing to grant his request for a second chance at Yale," the university said in a statement.

Menafee's attorney Patricia Kane said her client hasn't agreed to Yale's terms and that if Yale is going to dictate terms they are "going to leave it," according to the Hartford Courant.

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The school previously asked the State's Attorney to drop the case against Corey Menafee who was arrested for criminal mischief and reckless endangerment after he smashed a stained glass window that depicted two slaves carrying cotton.

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Part of the glass fell outside and onto a passerby. Menafee, a dishwasher, resigned from the university following the incident.

Menafee would have to serve a five-week unpaid suspension, including time since his resignation on June 21.

"We are willing to take these unusual steps given the unique circumstances of this matter, and it is now up to Mr. Menafee whether he wishes to return to Yale," the university said.

The incident happened in the Calhoun residential college, which is named after John Calhoun, a 19th-century vice president and proponent of slavery.

Menafee told the New Haven Independent that he impulsively decided to break the panel June 13 with a broomstick and regretted the decision. He said he was tired of seeing the panel.

He later said he would like his job back at the university.

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