Another Race Hoax: Salisbury University

"Reports of such acts are taken seriously." Sort of.

School officials confirmed earlier this week that the people behind the racist drawings discovered on the Salisbury University library are black.

An image was found on a whiteboard in Blackwell library, depicting a stick figure hanging labeled with a racial slur "#whitepower."

The university confirmed Tuesday, April 26, the students involved in the incident were black, spokesman Richard Culver wrote in an email. The university would not provide names of the students, citing the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

After the university police conducted its investigation, in consultation with the Wicomico County States Attorney office, the department decided not to press criminal charges. However, the students responsible could face disciplinary action from the university.

“Regardless of who created the drawing, we find such actions demeaning to all members of the campus community and against our core values,” Dane Foust, vice president of Student Affairs, said in a statement provided by Culver.

Following the incident, the president of the university, Janet Dudley-Eshbach,  released a statement saying, “Diversity is a core value of SU, and reports of such acts are taken seriously. The university will not tolerate this kind of language or behavior."

Not entirely "seriously," apparently.

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