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Alleged hate crime at LSU sparks anger; victim caused faux outrage over ‘noose’ last year

An ugly “ornament” with the racist message “Go back 2 Africa ni**er monkeys” was discovered two days ago by LSU student Clarke Perkins hanging on her apartment door.

https://twitter.com/ClarkePerkins/status/788933209069277184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Inside Higher Ed reports that LSU President F. King Alexander immediately denounced the incident, noting that even though Clarke’s apartment is off-campus, if the perpetrator is a student, he/she “will be prosecuted under the Student Code of Conduct, with ramifications including expulsion.”

But an alert commenter to the article points out that last year Clarke caused quite a stir over a different racist symbol.

She had reported a “noose” on campus which quickly went viral on social media. It turned out to be a lighting cable that was torn loose after a tree had fallen.

As you can see from tweet above, the college NAACP president called the whole thing a “silly overreaction.”

Clarke may simply have made a mistake; however, she said after the incident “But if black students were more accepted here, I wouldn’t have thought a noose.”

She added: “Considering what is currently happening in this country, someone hanging a noose certainly seems plausible. #IStandWithMizzou

“Black students all over are being threatened for speaking out. I’ve previously been threatened for talking about race at LSU.”

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