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Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 07:05 PM Nov 2015

White Student Union Facebook Pages Spread Nationwide

Source: USA Today

An anonymous Facebook page created early in the week at the University of Illinois may have been among the first White Student Union pages to pop up, but it’s hardly been the last.

Appearing at Illinois after black students held a rally Wednesday, the page reportedly characterized the Black Lives Matter movement as an act of “terrorism” and called for themonitoring of African-American students who attended the protest, leaving many feeling unsafe at the Urbana-Champaign campus.

Now, as unconfirmed reports – including an anonymous report from Medium — blame the postings on either a white supremacist group or 4Chan users, more than 30 white student union Facebook pages, claiming to represent real college organizations, have been posted. Some schools are quickly distancing themselves — and petitioning Facebook to take them down.

Schools affected include George Washington University, Pennsylvania State University, Stanford University, Swarthmore College, the University of Mississippi, Ohio State University, New York University and the University of Texas – Austin.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/11/25/white-student-union-facebook-pages-spread-nationwide/76360120/

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White Student Union Facebook Pages Spread Nationwide (Original Post) Purveyor Nov 2015 OP
troll uhnope Nov 2015 #1
As Hillary-class apologists for the inequity and disparity caused by injustice in America whereisjustice Nov 2015 #2
Racism is real MyNameGoesHere Nov 2015 #3
Why don't you address the issue instead of using murielm99 Nov 2015 #6
You're blaming White Student Union pages on Hillary supporters? CreekDog Nov 2015 #7
What's the problem??? Dr. Xavier Nov 2015 #4
Most of these people are just looking for attention and attempts of shutting them down so they can PersonNumber503602 Nov 2015 #5

whereisjustice

(2,941 posts)
2. As Hillary-class apologists for the inequity and disparity caused by injustice in America
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 09:38 PM
Nov 2015

continue to pretend that they aren't culpable for the violent and unjust state of affairs in America, the lower classes will continue to fight each other.

That's EXACTLY what they want as they rob us of every thing we own.



murielm99

(30,733 posts)
6. Why don't you address the issue instead of using
Thu Nov 26, 2015, 05:23 AM
Nov 2015

it to attack a Democratic Presidential candidate?

How inappropriate.

Dr. Xavier

(278 posts)
4. What's the problem???
Thu Nov 26, 2015, 04:18 AM
Nov 2015

In my day, you already had white student unions; only back then they were called fraternities, sororities, young republicans committees, and the drama club.

PersonNumber503602

(1,134 posts)
5. Most of these people are just looking for attention and attempts of shutting them down so they can
Thu Nov 26, 2015, 04:35 AM
Nov 2015

cry about hypocrisy. If they are just ignored then they will fade away after they realize their attempts didn't work. That's really the only real way to defeat them. Getting them shutdown would be viewed as a victory to them.

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