It doesn’t matter who wrote the words on a white board—they are just words and do not constitute a crime. Any sensible person (that is, someone who is not looking for a cause célèbre) could have easily erased the whiteboard without making a big fuss.
My husband and I were listening to the radio Friday, and whoever was talking had a long list of these fake “hate crimes.” In some cases, people said that they were going to bomb and shoot black people—although threatening people *is* a crime, none of the threateners were charged since the investigations immediately revealed them to be black.
Writing on a white board is not a crime, even if the writing is full of racist blather. Making threats against people is a crime, and should be treated as such regardless of the race of the person making the threats.
Writing words is not necessarily a crime.
Prosecuting word-writing people of one race for being accused or even be suspected of writing words, and NOT taking any action at all of people who KNOWN to have “written words”, IS A CRIME.
It is government sanctioned racism.
I am an opponent of “hate crimes”. I believe that laws on the books (and there are a lot of them) cover these types of things and should be used when needed.
I’m against hate crime laws, and I agree with you that this should not be a crime. However, as long as it is a crime, the law should apply to people of all races. Black people should not be exempt.
Not a crime, but worth considering for expulsion by the university.