who can help me explan this section.
On the final day of the spring term, someone hung bananas from nooses on the American University campus grounds. It happened the same day a black woman became student government president.

"someone hung bananas from nooses on the American University campus grounds." I don't understant

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who can help me explan this section.
On the final day of the spring term, someone hung bananas from nooses on the American University campus grounds. It happened the same day a black woman became student government president.

"someone hung bananas from nooses on the American University campus grounds." I don't understant

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I guess a picture is worth many explanations :

-> https://mic.com/articles/175889/black-students-at-american-university-taunted-with-bananas-hanging-from-noose#.7Fe3uthOA

And because the association banana=african=black people=monkey which comes from colonialism era carries very negative cliche, and performed the same day a black woman was elected, this was considered a open act of racism.

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It was to be racist and threatening. The bananas were to insult the black woman and the nooses were a threat.

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