UI investigating blackface incident

The University of Illinois is investigating an incident over the weekend that involved several university students dressing in blackface.

Four white men, all registered undergraduates of the UI, reportedly dressed up in Halloween costumes depicting characters from the 1993 film "Cool Runnings," about the Jamaican bobsled team.

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