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Former Yale employee who smashed window depicting slaves wants job back

Former Yale employee who smashed window depicting slaves wants job back

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Yale University and a former dining services worker who smashed a stained-glass window depicting slaves are discussing whether he can have his old job back, his attorney said Monday. Corey Menafee resigned last month after taking a broomstick to the window inside the dining hall at Calhoun College. Menafee, who is black, apologized for damaging the property but said the window's portrayal of slaves in a cotton field was offensive.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Yale University and a former dining services worker who smashed a stained-glass window depicting slaves are discussing whether he can have his old job back, his attorney said Monday. Corey Menafee resigned last month after taking a broomstick to the window inside the dining hall at Calhoun College. Menafee, who is black, apologized for damaging the property but said the window's portrayal of slaves in a cotton field was offensive.…