When GW students woke up yesterday morning, posters full of anti-Muslim sentiment adorned many of the residence halls and academic building hallways. The poster picturing a Muslim man pointing out crude characteristics shouted the words, “Hate Muslims? So Do We!!!”
The posters featured a link to the Terrorism Awareness Project and were attributed to GW student organization, the Young America’s Foundation. The organization sent out a press release earlier today claiming no involvement in the fliers.
The posters also contained the GW logo, what Tim Miller, the executive director of the Student Activities Center, said was a requirement for all approved student posters hung around campus.
“No one would have approved this poster,” he said. “…It was obvious to me that it would be read as anti-Muslim.”
Miller, along with UPD and the help of GW housing programs took down most of the posters before 8am.
In a statement released by President Knapp, he said the university "will not tolerate, the dissemination of fliers or other documents that vilify any religious, ethnic, or racial group," and that "an investigation was launched to determine who was responsible for creating and posting [the fliers]."
The posters featured a link to the Terrorism Awareness Project and were attributed to GW student organization, the Young America’s Foundation. The organization sent out a press release earlier today claiming no involvement in the fliers.
The posters also contained the GW logo, what Tim Miller, the executive director of the Student Activities Center, said was a requirement for all approved student posters hung around campus.
“No one would have approved this poster,” he said. “…It was obvious to me that it would be read as anti-Muslim.”
Miller, along with UPD and the help of GW housing programs took down most of the posters before 8am.
In a statement released by President Knapp, he said the university "will not tolerate, the dissemination of fliers or other documents that vilify any religious, ethnic, or racial group," and that "an investigation was launched to determine who was responsible for creating and posting [the fliers]."
- Mallory Thompson
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