Posted on 05/12/2017 12:33:44 PM PDT by SpaceBar
Hundreds of students packed an administration building for a protest at St. Olaf College on May 1 as students boycotted classes to protest alleged racist incidents at the school in the southern Minnesota town of Northfield. Doualy Xaykaothao | MPR News file
A racist note that rocked St. Olaf College two weeks ago was a fabrication written by a student apparently to draw attention to campus climate concerns, the college said Wednesday.
The note was "reportedly left on a student's car on April 29. We confronted a person of interest who confessed to writing the note. We've confirmed that this was not a genuine threat," David Anderson, St. Olaf's president wrote in a memo. "We're confident that there is no ongoing threat from this incident to individuals or the community as a whole."
While this was not a "genuine threat," the Northfield, Minn., college continues to investigate other racist incidents and are taking them seriously, he added. School leaders remain committed to addressing questions of campus climate, he said. ...
Citing federal student privacy laws, Anderson said the college could not disclose the identity of the message writer or discuss any punitive actions taken against that person by the school. (more at link...)
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Of course it was a hoax - 99.9% seem to be
What’s amazing is how easy it is to emotionally rile and agitate the children at these so-called colleges.
Why is this person protected by federal privacy laws. They committed a CRIME.
But the most important thing to remember from this is that it COULD HAVE HAPPENED!
s/ Snowflake Daisy Buttercup
They should make it 5 years federal time. No parole, no time off for good behavior.
Yep notice how the media are quick to report the alleged attack, but never report the updates, and how it was all fake.
Ohhh, another race hoax doesn’t matter, it is only the fervent “concern” of the vicious SJWs which matters.
Blah, blah,blah...
The fact that it was a “hoax” does not mean that it was not racist; it was an attempt by a racist black person to smear white people.
The damage done though is it has become part of the narrative that racism has increased under Trump. Facts are irrelevant in these cases.
They don't have to identify the student but they should promote the punitive actions taken to dissuade future race hucksters.
Of course that is if they actually did anything to the student which I doubt.
Privacy laws?
If it was an ACTUAL racist incident you can bet they would have blasted his name all over the place.
Right, because "reports" of racist (anti-Moslem, anti-homosexual, etc.)actions have increased. Media keeps repeating that fact, without mentioning that almost all the reports are false.
When they can’t be the victim they have to create false events to maintain the narrative.
Manmade Campus Climate Change.
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