And need to stop. As should any real hate crimes.

Latest Race Hoax: Slur Posted At College 'Fabricated' To Make Trump Backers Look Bad

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by Tyler Durden
Sunday, Dec 29, 2024 - 11:15 AM

In the latest manifestation of a persistent phenomenon, a race hoaxer at a college stepped in to fill the gap between demand for racism and the supply -- by creating fictional racism in the form of a written slur posted on the campus, school officials say.

This phony incident took place over Thanksgiving break at Rhodes College, a small private school in Memphis with an enrollment of about 4,000. A dozen sheets of paper that paired a racist message with support for then-recently-elected presidential candidate Donald Trump were left at the school's National Pan-Hellenic Council Plaza, which is a tribute to the school's historically black fraternities and sororities. Blacks represent 9.7% of the school's enrollment.

According to reported accounts, the hand-written pages said "F*CK NI**ERS, TRUMP RULES." The school immediately issued a campus security alert about a "reported hate crime of intimidation based on racial bias," and included a list of "resources available for survivors," which included personal counseling, along with guidance from the college's Institutional Equity office.

The hoaxer wrote large capital letters on 11 sheets of paper to spell out "F*CK NI**ERS" and scrawled "Trump Rules" on another (via Action News 5)

Black students conducted a silent protest in the lobby of the school's library, wearing black clothing and posting signs with messages that included "Hold Racists Accountable," "Stop Racists," and "Hate speech will not be tolerated." The university's Office of Inclusion and Diversity held a paradoxical "open meeting" for black people only. "This is a chance for Black students, faculty, staff, and alumni to unite and develop actionable steps toward institutional change," an announcement said.

Here's how the "incident" was initially reported:

In what will come as no surprise to regular ZeroHedge readers, the whole thing turned out to be phony, as the school confirmed in a statement to Fox News Digital:

"Thanks to the tireless efforts of our Campus Safety officers and the Memphis Police Department, the investigation into the hate crime that occurred recently on our campus has ended with the identification of the perpetrator and the conclusion this incident was fabricated. This individual has admitted responsibility...This matter has caused enormous pain to our community, and we are taking the appropriate steps to hold this individual accountable, including all legal avenues that may be available to us."

The hoax led black Rhodes College students to hold a silent protest in the library; one sign read "We will not stand down!!!!" (via Action News 5)

Rhodes College's quest for accountability has its limits: the school is keeping the culprit's name and relationship with the institution a secret. The college did say the hoaxer reported the incident with hopes of blaming someone else for doing it.

Between the posting of the racist, Trump-supporting language and the announcement that it was a fraud, black student and Pan-Hellenic Council member Lauren Roberts complained that authorities weren't working hard enough to find the (non-existent) bigot, telling WREG, "They are saying they are investigating and doing this and that and the third but it’s been two weeks and you still haven’t found anybody that’s kind of like a bummer to the black community, in my opinion.”

The Rhodes College episode is the latest of many campus racism hoaxes. A very small sampling of other such frauds includes:

A black male student who wrote racist graffiti on a dorm at Albion College
A black female student who reportedly vandalized her own own dorm door at Wayne State
A black female student who posted a note reading "Black people don't belong" to her dorm door at Southern Illinois
Three black female students who falsely claimed to have been victimized by a white mob on a bus at UAlbany

Kentucky State University criminal justice and political science professor Wilfred Reilly wrote a book on race hoaxes and maintains a database which suggests less than a third of reported hate crimes are real. Reilly wrote that, with "absolute confidence," it can be said that "the actual number of hate crime hoaxes is indisputably large...We are not speaking here of just a few bad apples."

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You are most correct. I wound expel all involved.

You would wound and expel them? How serious would the wound be?
It is apparent that many blacks do not want to see a reduction of racial tension. It is their reason for being. If blacks are not victims, how can they justify their hate? Bill

I would publicly expel them.

Name and shame them.

No consequences like this results in more bad behavior.

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Originally posted by crbutler:
I would publicly expel them.

Name and shame them.

No consequences like this results in more bad behavior.

It appears whoever did this is being protected.

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Originally posted by Aspen Hill Adventures:

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Originally posted by crbutler:
I would publicly expel them.

Name and shame them.

No consequences like this results in more bad behavior.

It appears whoever did this is being protected.

Do you think if they named and shamed the guilty, there would be anyone left??

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a race hoaxer at a college stepped in to fill the gap between demand for racism and the supply -- by creating fictional racism

All learned from the original race hoaxer in chief, fellow community organizer, yours truly, Barack 0bama.

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Originally posted by ledvm:

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a race hoaxer at a college stepped in to fill the gap between demand for racism and the supply -- by creating fictional racism

All learned from the original race hoaxer in chief, fellow community organizer, yours truly, Barack 0bama.

100%!

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Originally posted by ledvm:

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a race hoaxer at a college stepped in to fill the gap between demand for racism and the supply -- by creating fictional racism

All learned from the original race hoaxer in chief, fellow community organizer, yours truly, Barack 0bama.

That is not a statement of fact.

I am for expelling these students. I am for calling you out as being not factual on brining President Obama into this. This has nothing to do w President Obama.

A very poor attempt at trying to tie President Obama to this act. You are getting desperate. It is really sad.

I can’t think of a more prolific race hoaxer, especially of high profile race hoaxes. Can you? He brought race hoaxing to the national scene.

Funny you have never identified an incident of President Obama engaging in such behavior.

You are just lying fit political reasons again.

How about three high profile race hoaxes.

The incidents of:
Louis Gates
Treyvon Martin
Michael Brown

Shaking My Head.

Those were my race hoaxes.

Martin’s killer got his day in Court and win. So be it. The President did nothing wrong w his commentary. Not for nothing, Martin’s killer should not have followed him.

President Obama had nothing to do w Hates getting arrested. President Obama invited him and the cop to the White House. Good for the President. Gates did not manufacture his own arrest. The cop overreacted.

President Obama had nothing to do w Ferguson. I know a lot about it bc I just briefed the events for my city when the police here talked about getting rid of body cams. You have no idea what you are talking about.

None of those events were caused by President Obama. President Obama worked to get police body cams to local law enforcement due to Ferguson.

You are a lier and a hack.

Psst! LHeym, Ledvm doesn't like it that Obama expressed sympathy for the victims.

A black should not support a black. A white can support a white cop like Chauvin, but that isn't racism.

You have wandered into Wonderland, where the regular inhabitants like Ledvm have the advantage of experience.

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Originally posted by LHeym500:
Shaking My Head.

Those were my race hoaxes.

Martin’s killer got his day in Court and win. So be it. The President did nothing wrong w his commentary. Not for nothing, Martin’s killer should not have followed him.

President Obama had nothing to do w Hates getting arrested. President Obama invited him and the cop to the White House. Good for the President. Gates did not manufacture his own arrest. The cop overreacted.

President Obama had nothing to do w Ferguson. I know a lot about it bc I just briefed the events for my city when the police here talked about getting rid of body cams. You have no idea what you are talking about.

None of those events were caused by President Obama. President Obama worked to get police body cams to local law enforcement due to Ferguson.

You are a lier and a hack.

The hoax with all of them was that these individuals were treated unfairly due to their race.

In all 3 instances 0bama threw gasoline on a fire where keeping his tone neutral would have been appropriate. The hoax was making it about race when it was not. These 3 instances help set the tone for the use and perpetuation of these hoaxes as seen in the OP. They were virtually unheard of pre-0bama.

And BTW…calling me names means nothing to me. I know my accomplishments and acumen and many across this whole forum are personal good friends. To me you are nothing more than a petulant snot-nosed kid with liberal ideals and with a lot of maturing to accomplish — hopefully.

The GOP cheerleaders should be grateful that it was Kamala, and not Mrs Obama, running against their MAGA ARSEHOLE!

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Originally posted by Saeed:
The GOP cheerleaders should be grateful that it was Kamala, and not Mrs Obama, running against their MAGA ARSEHOLE!

People like to say that. And, she certainly would likely garner a strong 25% base. The vast majority I believe see her for what she is. I don’t believe she would have won this election or even changed the margins.