SCHOOL SEARCHES FOR BANNER VANDALS …
Clemson University officials are hoping surveillance video will help them identify the individual or individuals responsible for hanging bananas on a black history banner this weekend.
“Earlier today a banner highlighting our University’s history was defaced,” Clemson president James Clements wrote in a campus-wide email on Monday. “This type of conduct is hurtful, disrespectful, unacceptable and will not be tolerated.”
“This incident is under investigation,” Clements added.
Hmmmm …
Here’s a pic of the “hanging bananas” sent to us by a state lawmaker …
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(Pic: Provided)
Yeah …
Look, we don’t claim to have the gray matter of Hercule Poirot but our guess is Clemson’s PC police might want to start their inquiries by questioning the fraternity responsible for “Clemson Cripmas” – a gang-themed holiday party that made national headlines back in December 2014.
That might get them moving in the right direction …
No word yet on whether this “safe space” violation will turn Tigertown into Columbia, Missouri (cue “Concerned Student 1889”) but our guess is it won’t.
Seriously … this school’s signature landmark is named for a guy who lynched blacks.
That seems a bit more protest-worthy than some ripe produce, doesn’t it?
Oh well … this is the school that once declared Taco Tuesday to be racist (no, really), so who the hell knows what will happen.