White supremacist signs posted on two Burlington campuses [View all]
Posters reading “It’s okay to be white” that are part of a national white supremacist campaign were placed on the University of Vermont and Champlain College campuses in Burlington over the weekend.
Last November, posters with the same message were displayed at UVM. Student-led demonstrations called attention to racial justice issues at the university last year, and UVM’s Board of Trustees passed a resolution over the weekend to remove former UVM President Guy Bailey’s name from the school’s library because of his involvement in the racist eugenics movement.
UVM removed the posters, citing its posting policy.
“To the extent that the signs are intended to promote a white nationalist ideology, as news reports have suggested, we condemn the activity in the strongest possible terms, as it is completely antithetical to our core University values,” the university said in a statement.
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