Bellevue College Students Discover Neo-Nazi Posters on Campus, Demand Administrative Action
In recent months, flyers and stickers promoting white supremacy and neo-Nazi ideology have been cropping up at theatres, on lamp posts and car2go bumpers, and, most notably, at the University of Washington. Unfortunately, the East Side isn't immune to this Trump-inspired phenomenon, either.
In late March, a Bellevue College student who identifies herself as Christy X discovered flyers spreading Islamophobic and anti-Semitic rhetoric tacked onto cork message boards near the campus cafeteria. One read: "Imagine a Muslim-free America." Another: "RECLAIM AMERICA." Another: "TAKE YOUR COUNTRY BACK. Look around, white man. Is this the nation your ancestors died for?" The posters all provide the web address for Vanguard America, a self-identified white nationalist group.
In an e-mail sent to Bellevue College students on April 17, Interim President Dr. Jill Wakefield wrote that "several incidents of hate sentiment were reported over the past three quarters."
Earlier in the month, the school launched a campaign called "You Are Welcome Here," which focuses on diversity and inclusion, to pushback against a perceived climate of hate and fear.
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