The racist social media post of a white college student who wished death on four more black students has drawn widespread condemnation. This is not the first time racism has been claimed at the University of Missouri. It has been revealed that the student at the Columbia campus is the leader of Turning Point USA. The group once gained notoriety for hiring Candace Owens and has deep ties to the alt-right and other racist ideologies.
Meg Miller posted a hateful and disturbing message on her social media account that shortly gained the attention of many.
“if they would have killed 4 more n*ggers, we would have had the whole week off,” she blatantly posted on social media.
As Blavity reported, following the deadly shooting rampage, classes were likely canceled at universities across the country, and this was a sick reference to that fact. A screenshot of the racist social media post was shared with a group of Black students, who immediately raised their concerns with the school administration. Still, according to the Defender, the students were ignored.
The Kansas City Defender was given a description of what happened by Kalyn Walker, a senator for the Legion for Black Collegians at the University of Missouri.
“The screenshot was sent in the groupchat by one of our members. Everyone immediately went into action saying who is this girl, what can we do, this is horrific. Eventually we found her Instagram, went to her snapchat. When she saw we were flooding to her Instagram she went private and started blocking people,” Walker said.
“People who had reached out to our administration were all getting the same auto-generated response. We were upset that we weren’t getting actual responses from an actual human being administrator,” she added.
“That’s why we went to Twitter to start tagging faculty because we could tell this wasn’t being taken as seriously as it should be, she concluded. Obviously, the first emotion we felt was anger. We were, of course, angry,” she said. “But even more outraged at how the administration is handling it.”
@Mizzou THIS is what’s happening on your campus as we speak. She is allowed to freely roam campus while spewing racial slurs, being openly transphobic, and denying allegations. Black Mizzou and POC on this campus are making a call to action that this is invesated IMMEDIATELY pic.twitter.com/Pk7WUkqvv6
— Kaylyn Walker⁷ (@kaylyn_walker) December 8, 2022
In less than a month after specifically warning faculty, staff, and students at the University of Missouri that racism would not be tolerated on campus, Miller shared the racially insensitive post.
“I would like to reiterate that I strongly condemn all forms of racism and discrimination,” said President Mun Choi In a public message delivered last month. “The safety of our community is of paramount importance,” he noted.
Following the discovery of posters on campus with the messages, “it’s okay to be white” and “we must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children,” Choi said in his speech.
In 2015, the president of the University of Missouri resigned under intense pressure to address rampant racism and harassment of Black students on campus, and hours later, the chancellor announced his own resignation.
Black students had voiced concerns about racism on the predominately white campus, including racial slurs, confederate flag displays, and disgusting graffiti written in feces. However, the administration chose to disregard it and do nothing.
