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UNR Student Faces Backlash Online After Calling Out Students Holding Borgs Spelling Racial Slur

Family & Kids
When:
May 8, 2026 · 9:23 PM
Where:
Virtual
Source:
Smashing Reno Punk Flea Market Becomes Non

Reporting, graphic and podcast by Tenaya Brusig, Misha Fajayan and Haloh Quinones Dreanna Haywood spent her first semester at the University of Nevada, Reno the way many students do, focused on getting good grades and adjusting to campus life, after transferring from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Online though, the 20-year-old sophomore became a central figure, helping expose two UNR students holding “borgs” arranged to spell out a racial slur, before herself facing backlash for doing so.

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    Wheat Ridge, CO

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    Smashing Reno Punk Flea Market Becomes Non

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