WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A Williams College student has reported an incident of racial harassment on a public street late Saturday night, according to a campus-wide email from school officials.

 

Director of Campus Safety Services Jeffrey Palmer and Vice President for Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leticia S. E. Haynes sent the email Wednesday morning about an incident that reportedly occurred at about 1 a.m. Sunday morning on Hoxsey Street.

 

A Williams student reported that, "an individual driving a white 4-door pickup with Mass plates shouting a racial slur and threatening physical harm," the email read.

 

The email was accompanied by a photo of the vehicle alleged to be involved in the incident. The license plate is illegible in the photo.

 

"We are asking anyone with information about the vehicle [pictured] to contact Campus Safety Services at 413-597-4444 or the Williamstown Police Department at 413-458-5733," the email read. "We thank the student who contacted us about this incident and to remind everyone that hateful actions like these have no place here."

 

The email reminded anyone needing additional support to reach out to Haynes' office or the Davis Center at Williams.

 

The campus has seen an increase in such incidents since the start of the fall semester, prompting several such emails to the college community and a discussion at Town Hall by Williamstown's Racial Equity, Accessibility, Diversity and Inclusion Committee.