posted by "M" in comments below
This hate crime brings back unfortunate actions and sentiments of the past when a noose was found in the library of UC San Diego in 2010. It is representative of the hate and bigotry still present across our UC campus climate and is a most unfortunate situation coinciding with the occurrence of a progressive and peaceful conference where students across UC gather annually to combat such discrimination and hate.
A picture of the ribbon to follow soon.
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it actually said “USE ME AS A NOOSE”
there are pictures on many of the sockey’s fb pages
I don’t think it should necessarily be assumed that the message was intended to be racist. With the context of it being on a yellow ribbon, it could instead be anti-military.
Although, either way it is dehumanizing a group.
Image can be seen at http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/9460/useme.jpg
The ribbon read: “Use me as a noose”
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http://davis.patch.com/articles/noose-message-found-near-students-of-color-conference