Racist graffiti found at DePaul: Univ. spokesperson cites conservative group for creating "politically charged" campus

Yesterday, someone found some racist graffiti at a dormitory at DePaul's Lincoln Park campus. There were swastikas found, the 'n' word, the usual hateful stuff that mental midgets scrawl. The Chicago Police are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime.

So far so good.

But leave it to DePaul further muck up the waters. Denise Mattson, DePaul's Assistant Vice President for Public Relations, is alluding that, surprise, conservatives, specifically, the DePaul Conservative Alliance contributed to the incident.

From UPI:

DePaul University spokesperson Denise Mattson told WBBM Radio the incident was an assault on the university's values.

Mattson said the campus has been politically charged since late January when a new campus organization, the DePaul Conservative Alliance, conducted an "affirmative action bake sale" at which blacks were charged less than whites.

"That certainly created some dialogue about affirmative action policies and practices about minorities on campus," Mattson said.

Let me reiterate: Mattson is an official DePaul University spokesperson, and she is spewing this stuff. Shameful.

Courtesy of FIRE, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, here are some recent misadventures of DePaul:

DePaul University: Professor Suspended for Expression Without Due Process
DePaul University: Censorship of Student Group Protesting Ward Churchill
DePaul University: Shutdown of Affirmative Action Bake Sale Protest

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