The
Washington Post March 15, 2017
White
supremacist fliers were found Monday at the University of Maryland campus in
College Park for the third time in three months, following similar incidents
recently at universities across the country.
Two fliers were discovered outside the university’s
chemistry department.
“It is your civic duty to
report any and all illegal aliens,” one flier said. “They are criminals. America is a white nation.”
The other read: “Carry the torch of your people.”
Fliers also were found at three other locations, according
to the Diamondback student newspaper.
The fliers include a link to the website of Vanguard
America, a group associated with the white supremacy movement. Leaders of
the group weren’t immediately available for comment. The group was also
linked to flier-posting incidents at
the university in December.
In a “manifesto” on its website, the group
writes: “Our America is to be a nation exclusively for the White American
peoples who out of the barren hills, empty plains, and vast mountains forged
the most powerful nation to ever have existed; it is logical that America must
be once again built from the ground up to recapture the glory an Aryan nation
deserves.”
Rosanne Hoaas, a spokeswoman for the University of
Maryland Police Department, said authorities are reviewing cameras in
search of images of those responsible.
“We are concerned and are investigating these acts
as hate/bias incidents,” she said.
Osvaldo Gutierrez, a chemistry professor who
photographed the fliers, said he was particularly concerned to see them during
a week when the university is hosting events aimed at promoting diversity and
boosting minority recruitment.
“That’s not the message we want convey to
everybody,” he said.
The University of Maryland fliers were found on the
same day that similar
fliers were discovered on the campus of George Washington University
in Washington. The Anti-Defamation League says more than 100 such
incidents have happened this academic year at universities across the country,
with more than half of them since January.
“The white nationalist posters found on college campuses, including our
own, contain detestable language that is an affront to who we are, and what we
stand for, as the State’s flagship university,” University of Maryland President Wallace D. Loh said in a statement
Tuesday. “As a community, we stand for
excellence, diversity, and inclusion. We stand against all forms of ignorance
and hate.”
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