Harvard rescinds offers to 10 students after discovering racist social media posts

[Bladewire]

Good for Harvard 👍😉

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What the Hell Happened: Memes on Facebook | Arts | The Harvard Crimson

Harvard rescinded admissions offers to at least ten prospective members of the Class of 2021 after the students traded sexually explicit memes and messages that sometimes targeted minority groups in a private Facebook group chat.

A handful of admitted students formed the messaging group?titled, at one point, ?Harvard memes for horny bourgeois teens??on Facebook in late December, according to two incoming freshmen.

In the group, students sent each other memes and other images mocking sexual assault, the Holocaust, and the deaths of children, according to screenshots of the chat obtained by The Crimson. Some of the messages joked that abusing children was sexually arousing, while others had punchlines directed at specific ethnic or racial groups. One called the hypothetical hanging of a Mexican child ?piñata time.?

After discovering the existence and contents of the chat, Harvard administrators revoked admissions offers to at least ten participants in mid-April, according to several members of the group. University officials have previously said that Harvard?s decision to rescind a student?s offer is final.

College spokesperson Rachael Dane wrote in an emailed statement Saturday that ?we do not comment publicly on the admissions status of individual applicants.?

The chat grew out of a roughly 100-member messaging group that members of the Class of 2021 set up in early December to share memes about popular culture. Admitted students found and contacted each other using the official Harvard College Class of 2021 Facebook group.

?A lot of students were excited about forming group chats with people who shared similar interests,? Jessica Zhang ?21, an incoming freshman who joined both chats, wrote in an email. ?Someone posted about starting a chat for people who liked memes.?

Messages shared in the original group were mostly ?lighthearted,? wrote Zhang, who said she did not post in the splitoff meme group and that her admission offer was not rescinded. But some members soon suggested forming ?a more R-rated? meme chat, according to Cassandra Luca ?21, who joined the first meme group but not the second, and who also said her offer was not revoked.

Luca said the founders of the ?dark? group chat demanded that students post provocative memes in the larger messaging group before allowing them to join the splinter group.

?They were like, ?Oh, you have to send a meme to the original group to prove that you could get into the new one,?? Luca said. ?This was a just-because-we-got-into-Harvard-doesn?t-mean-we-can?t-have-fun kind of thing.?

Employees in the Admissions Office emailed students who posted offensive memes in mid-April asking them to disclose every picture they sent over the group, according to one member of the chat whose admission offer was revoked. The student spoke only on the condition of anonymity because they did not want to be publicly identified with the messages.

?The Admissions Committee was disappointed to learn that several students in a private group chat for the Class of 2021 were sending messages that contained offensive messages and graphics,? reads a copy of the Admissions Office?s email obtained by The Crimson. ?As we understand you were among the members contributing such material to this chat, we are asking that you submit a statement by tomorrow at noon to explain your contributions and actions for discussion with the Admissions Committee.?

?It is unfortunate that I have to reach out about this situation,? the email reads.

The anonymous student also said that administrators informed implicated students that their admissions status was under review and instructed them not to come to Visitas, Harvard?s annual weekend of programming for prospective freshmen held at the end of April. Roughly a week later, at least ten members of the group chat received letters informing them that their offers of admission had been withdrawn.

The description for the official Facebook group for the Class of 2021, set up and maintained by the Admissions Office, disclaims all administrative responsibility for ?unofficial groups? and warns members their admissions offers can be rescinded under specific circumstances.

?As a reminder, Harvard College reserves the right to withdraw an offer of admission under various conditions including if an admitted student engages in behavior that brings into question his or her honesty, maturity, or moral character,? the description reads.

[crockett]

It seems the little white boy teens today think being extremely racist and Nazi lovers make them cool and edgy.. Just jump in a FPS internet game with voice coms and you know what I mean..

Just when it looked like Millennials would be the generation to bridge the racial divide, Generation Z came along to fuck shit up because they wanna be edgy.. Likely a side effect of Trump making MERICA HATE AGAIN...

[kane]

Social media is a fascinating thing. It's as if some people feel like they can post whatever they want on there then they are shocked when people actually see it and respond negatively to it. My nephew is one of those guys where half his posts are either about him smoking weed, getting drunk, fucking girls, or calling his buddies the N word (they are all white kids who were raised in the suburbs). At least three times that I know of he has not been hired for a job because of what he has posted on Facebook and he still does it.

[oppoten]

Originally Posted by crockett

Just when it looked like Millennials would be the generation to bridge the racial divide, Generation Z came along to fuck shit up because they wanna be edgy.. Likely a side effect of Trump making MERICA HATE AGAIN...

More likely a side effect of Millennials stagnating youth culture with their safe spaces and trigger warnings.

The left got too safe, too comfortable and too institutional. The pushback had to come from the right.

[Sly]

It's easy to talk shit behind a 5" screen when the repercussions are not instant. Humans rarely think beyond this minute. Repercussions in a year are not thought of, unexpected pregnancies are one of many examples of that.

More and more studies are being released with evidence that "social media" is the exact opposite and destroying kids. Imagine that.

[mineistaken]

Originally Posted by Bladewire

Harvard rescinded admissions offers to at least ten prospective members of the Class of 2021 after the students traded sexually explicit memes and messages that sometimes targeted minority groups in a private Facebook group chat.

By the libby double standard messages and students that targeted evil whitey were ignored or "not found"

[escorpio]

Originally Posted by mineistaken

By the libby double standard messages and students that targeted evil whitey were ignored or "not found"

Debater At Harvard Says White People Should Kill Themselves Because Of Their White Privilege | Daily Wire

[Rochard]

Originally Posted by kane

Social media is a fascinating thing. It's as if some people feel like they can post whatever they want on there then they are shocked when people actually see it and respond negatively to it. My nephew is one of those guys where half his posts are either about him smoking weed, getting drunk, fucking girls, or calling his buddies the N word (they are all white kids who were raised in the suburbs). At least three times that I know of he has not been hired for a job because of what he has posted on Facebook and he still does it.

Yep. Social media is amazing.

I have a kid in high school, plus I am also well known in the community so I have to be very careful with what I say on Facebook. But some people stun me with that they say online.

[Bladewire]

Originally Posted by kane

. My nephew is one of those guys where half his posts are either about him smoking weed, getting drunk, fucking girls, or calling his buddies the N word (they are all white kids who were raised in the suburbs). At least three times that I know of he has not been hired for a job because of what he has posted on Facebook and he still does it.

Yeah I schooled my kid years ago about how to post privately, etc. He runs with an interesting crowd and the picks of the cops making his friends lay face down on the pavement that night would not have been good for him on a public post 😂

[Barry-xlovecam]

"The First Amendment's Free Speech protections apply only to violations by public entities, and since Harvard is a private university the First Amendment does not apply," she said. "These students have no right or entitlement to admission to Harvard, and as such it is Harvard's prerogative to decide that it will not welcome into its community these individuals who have demonstrated a willingness to violate Harvard's code of ethics and policies against hate speech," she said.

Amy Adler, a professor at New York University School of Law, said Harvard appeared to have been clear in their policy and the students were on notice as to what was acceptable.

"This seems to be a case where students exercised bad judgment and arguably Harvard may have rescinded their admission not on the content but on the students' poor judgment," she said.

Harvard Revokes Admission of Several Students for Posting ''Offensive'' Memes - NBC News

This is what I mean when I say *commercial free speech rules*

Nice to be a dirtball in the Porn business were you are expected to act crudely

[Bladewire]

Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam

This is what I mean when I say *commercial free speech rules*

Nice to be a dirtball in the Porn business were you are expected to act crudely

We're like Trump, we have a low bar

[xKingx]

Let me guess the 10 students were all white right? Only whites can be racist it seems.

[INever]

If you are dumb enough to use your real name and photo on Facebook you are
too dumb for Harvard.

[Horatio Caine]

Originally Posted by xKingx

Let me guess the 10 students were all white right? Only whites can be racist it seems.

Of course they are. Meanwhile, Harvard has black-only graduation. Not rasis.

Black Harvard students holding a graduation of their own | Fox News

[bronco67]

Originally Posted by escorpio

Debater At Harvard Says White People Should Kill Themselves Because Of Their White Privilege | Daily Wire

What does that have to do with anything, asshole?

Was wondering who would be the dickhead to come in and stick up for racists. Ok so, that's terrible that the bad person said white people should kill themselves. Does that mean you like the social media posts that the article is about? Go ahead... tell us, you gaping asshole.

[escorpio]

Originally Posted by bronco67

What does that have to do with anything, asshole?

Was wondering who would be the dickhead to come in and stick up for racists. Ok so, that's terrible that the bad person said white people should kill themselves. Does that mean you like the social media posts that the article is about? Go ahead... tell us, you gaping asshole.

It's called a "double standard." Look it up. How is pointing that out "sticking up for racists", you stupid fucking piece of cum guzzling shit?

[Barry-xlovecam]

Again, the TODDI defense. He did it so can I -- this is righteous retaliation. An eye for an eye makes the world blind -- always.

[Bladewire]

Originally Posted by bronco67

What does that have to do with anything, asshole?

Was wondering who would be the dickhead to come in and stick up for racists. Ok so, that's terrible that the bad person said white people should kill themselves. Does that mean you like the social media posts that the article is about? Go ahead... tell us, you gaping asshole.

He's just here to distract, and to insult people after he gets off work at Shutterfly.

Being a bitter asshole on the internet helps him unwind after doing everything his black female boss says all day long at work

[JesseQuinn]

Originally Posted by Bladewire

?As a reminder, Harvard College reserves the right to withdraw an offer of admission under various conditions including if an admitted student engages in behavior that brings into question his or her honesty, maturity, or moral character,?

Originally Posted by Bladewire

Good for Harvard 👍😉

[bronco67]

Originally Posted by escorpio

It's called a "double standard." Look it up. How is pointing that out "sticking up for racists", you stupid fucking piece of cum guzzling shit?

One man's pointing out double standards is another man's defending racism. Because that's the driving force of your post. Do you ever think of the reasons behind why you feel the need to point out the "double standard"? Kind of like some of your scum brothers around here who post black violence stories but never think about the core reason of why they do it in the first place. Ask yourself some questions and come to the realization that you're a racist piece of shit.

[escorpio]

Originally Posted by bronco67

One man's pointing out double standards is another man's defending racism. Because that's the driving force of your post. Do you ever think of the reasons behind why you feel the need to point out the "double standard"? Kind of like some of your scum brothers around here who post black violence stories but never think about the core reason of why they do it in the first place. Ask yourself some questions and come to the realization that you're a racist piece of shit.

Do you ever question the reason you feel the need to ignore hypocrisy and cry "racism" when the double standard is pointed out to you? Why do you fear being called a "racist" so much that you give bad behavior a pass based on race? Ask yourself these questions and come to the realization that you've been brainwashed and have lost the ability to think critically.

[nico-t]

"private Facebook group chat"

"private group chat"

"private chat"

"private"

"private"


And wanna bet a million bucks it were jokes?

Political correctness is killing our societies.

[Paul Markham]

Good for Harvard.

[jackiehst]

In Soviet Union one could be sent to Gulag - for telling a joke.

In USA one could lost a job or be relegated from college - for telling a joke.

Political corectness = communism

[oppoten]

Originally Posted by jackiehst

In Soviet Union one could be sent to Gulag - for telling a joke.

In USA one could lost a job or be relegated from college - for telling a joke.

Political corectness = communism

Communism v1.0 proved that it's unsustainable in the long term. Even before it fell there were decades of stagnation, comparable to the stagnation in youth culture that led directly to the emergence of the Alt-Right. Arrested development will only hold for so long before the lid is blown off, and the commissars should have figured that out the first time.

Personally I think we're moving into the end of an era, and that the lid will indeed be blown off. It would be nice to live in a time comparable to the early 90's, with a lot of hope for a better future.