Nothing in the article mentions a college.
However, at the end of the article several discriminatory incidents at Kansas State are mentioned including on the LGBT community and on Jewish students.
Halloween prank my *ss
Sounds similar to a situation that happened this past April at St. Olaf College. Discussion of that issue is found at CC’s St. Olaf page
This didn’t happen on a college campus, nor is there any information to suggest that the accuser was a student. Maybe OP has an agenda.
No stated association with any college that I see.
A foolish thing to do in any case.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/black-student-leaving-state-racist-graffiti-car-50875504
More info on the original story above. I hope now everyone can see the connection with K-State. The man said he was a student at K-State, and that he withdrew from the university, and would return to his home in California. However, they couldn’t find a record of any student with the name he gave. It was a hoax which stirred up suspicion on campus. Manhattan, KS is a college town that consists, mostly, of K-State U.
There is another story (if you scroll down from that one) about a "Jewish religious symbol shamefully destroyed " at the same school, K -State. The story had not been updated, but police determined that the damage was caused by the wind. The problem is that many people who see these initial stories don’t see the update. And corrections cannot be issued to every copy of the story. Another recent “racist attack”–fire/ graffiti – on KC church, which got a lot of media attention denouncing racism, was perpetrated by the janitor/church member, to cover up his theft of $ from the church–caught on camera. 4 “incidents” in our area recently --including the one mentioned by OP, and the questionable caption (K-State Kool Kids) on a photo of girls in white rain ponchos–which was just silly. Poor judgement, yes, but investigating that is awfully thought-policey, imo. I see that caption as making fun of the ponchos. (Coincidentally --I have a very similar photo of my D and her roommate in their rain ponchos at a KSU football game. Fortunately, they got purple ponchos, not white ones. . .)
To falsely stir up racial tensions ought to be considered a hate crime. This is not a “mistake.” And when something really happens, those true victims are less likely to be believed.
Ok, I wasn’t going to say anything but I will. This happened on private property one block from S17s dorm. The college reacted immediately and strongly to support local police and make sure they were open with students and parents that incidents like this would not be condoned. The Dean of Student Affairs held a Facebook Live the night after the event for parents and students, answered questions and was very open. The incident caused threats to fraternities and to sporting events. It was a huge issue for K-State. The person was not a student, had no affiliation with the college and created a mess. He apologized publicly but a lot of damage was done. The school is working very hard on diversity and programs to prevent instances like this on campus. The person doing this has stated it was a stupid drunken prank. I do not get that! It hurt too many people and made students feel threatened for no reason.
FBI was investigating K-State incident. Your tax dollars at work.
Here is a story on how the university reacted to the initial story and this incident didn’t happen on campus.
“The gathering with the Black Student Union was hastily convened after a car belonging to a black man who says he studied at the university was scrawled with graffiti off-campus early Wednesday. … The man told the Kansas City Star in an interview that the vandalism and resulting social media attention has made it impossible for him to go anywhere in Manhattan, the home of the university. He said that he does not want the attention, has withdrawn from the university and will return to his home in California.”
We will never know if it was a drunk prank by the owner of the car or was he trying a reaction to a fake racist incident.
I am surprised he isn’t being charged. Isn’t making a false police report a crime?
MODERATOR’S NOTE: Please stop the bickering. I deleted several posts.
The Air Force Academy incident was a hoax also. The black cadet who did it has been expelled. He was trying to get out of another misconduct charge by making it look like he was a victim.
Remember all the threats made against Jewish community centers across the nation? Well, turns out they were done by a Jewish Israeli of all things! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Jewish_Community_Center_bomb_threats The exposure of these incidents as hate hoaxes do not get nearly the attention that they do when they are first considered real hate incidents. This really needs to stop.
And now we are hearing that it is hateful for White students to post flyers that say “It’s Ok to Be White.” So it is NOT ok to be White? Hmmmmmm. College campuses are awash in a very disturbing anti White ideology.
@barrons That action by the black cadet pretty sick. And sad.
@ Atlanta As someone who grew up in VA 40 years ago being called a @ch*nk” several times a week, I have a mixed reaction to your post. On one hand, I feel it has always been OK to be white and still is, although not as much benefits now as before.
I grew up in the South, and did not see Asians being called that word, at least not to their face. But I am sure some were. That is horrible, but I doubt that it was relegated just to the South. I see no reason why White’s can’t be proud of their race, just as other races are proud of theirs. We can all have pride without hating one another.
Being proud of being white is weirdly non-specific. Those of us who are white usually have much more specific family heritages that we know about: we’re Irish, we’re South African, we’re German, Swedish, Italian, Polish or whatever.
The enslaved ancestors of African-Americans, on the other hand, were kidnapped and brought here in chains. Their children were sold away from them. If you’re African-American, you won’t have ties to the country your ancestors came from, because you don’t know what it was.
One small, but important detail about the recent incident at the Air Force Academy. The student who did it was at the Air Force Academy Prep School and NOT at the Academy.
The Prep School prepared students for admittance to the Academy after a year of study - if they do well.