Alt-right Message Written on Free Speech Wall
18th December 2018
And you know you can’t do that.
Spotted earlier today by a reporter for the Eastern Echo, one of the walls in the Free Speech Space reads “it’s okay to be white.” The message comes a week after a statement condemning anti-semitism was tampered with on the same wall.
“As soon as we saw that message, we knew it couldn’t stay up,” said Student Government Vice President Ethan Smith. “To whoever did this, I’d just say give it up. Your message is never going to take root here, and the EMU community isn’t even going to give it a chance.”
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The message was painted over at 6:00 p.m. by members of Student Government and the Silver Linings Fellowship Group.