College: Major Protests Sparked By FAKE 'Racist' Note... NORTHFIELD MINN. A racist threat against a St. Olaf student that touched off campuswide… | Pinterest

Just Pinned to Domestic and Global News: College: Major Protests Sparked By FAKE 'Racist' Note... NORTHFIELD MINN. A racist threat against a St. Olaf student that touched off campuswide protests and forced the college to cancel classes earlier this month was a hoax the school revealed Wednesday. A student confessed to writing the note St. Olaf President David R. Anderson wrote in a message to students. The threat an anonymous typewritten note was fabricated he said as an apparent strategy to draw attention to concerns about the campus climate. This was not a genuine threat Anderson wrote in the first of two messages Wednesday to students. Were confident that there is no ongoing threat from this incident to individuals or the community as a whole. The note tucked onto the windshield of a black students car on April 29 sparked outrage fear and hurt on this close-knit private college campus tucked into the hills of this river town about 45 miles south of the Twin Cities. The revelation that the note was fake was a shock of a different sort. I think its disturbing that it was written deliberately just to stir up the campus sophomore Ben Parsell said Wednesday. But would the hoax make it
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