One of the flyers that was posted on the University of Vermont campus Credit: Courtesy: The Vermont Cynic
Flyers featuring photos of men of color who were recently charged with local crimes appeared on the University of Vermont campus Monday, the federal holiday honoring civil rights hero Martin Luther King Jr.

“Stop Importing Problems,” the text on the flyers read, and listed crimes next to each man’s photo.

UVM police are investigating, as is the UVM Bias Response Team. UVM president Tom Sullivan and other top administrators issued this statement on Tuesday:

We regret to inform you that a small number of flyers espousing offensive, racist, anti-immigration views were found yesterday in the vicinity of the UVM Green, posted by an as-yet unknown individual or individuals. These abhorrent views are an assault on our values as an institution, as articulated in Our Common Ground. We condemn these flyers unequivocally and in the strongest possible terms. Our University strives to maintain a welcoming environment for all members of our community. 
The Vermont Cynic student newspaper first reported on the flyers. They were discovered as UVM prepared to kick off a series of events to honor King and explore civil rights topics during the coming week.

The flyers show three men recently in local headlines: one who was charged with attempted murder in a machete attack in Shelburne, one who was charged with murdering his wife with a meat cleaver and another who was charged with a rape inside Vermont Superior Court — and who was later acquitted at trial.

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Molly Walsh was a Seven Days staff writer 2015-20.

5 replies on “UVM Administrators Decry ‘Racist’ Flyers Posted on Campus”

  1. UVM is the new epicenter for some real racist s*** these days.

    Someone from UVM care to address what is going on?

  2. Looks pretty clear cut to me. Some idiot put up some racist posters on campus. End of story. Would you like to address what you mean by ‘UVM is the new epicenter for some real racist s*** these days.’.

  3. in what way is this racist?

    reality is now racist?

    this is the TRUTH

    what a joke Vermont has become

    and UVM- the place should lose all state funding

  4. UVM and other universities are being targetted by various nazi groups for recruitment. In Burlington it is most probably the same small group of nazi pests that did the anti-immigration protest. These groups do their planning on various nazi forums and anonymous image boards.

  5. What if the person in the middle of the poster was lurking about campus as a rapist? Wouldn’t you want the student body to know this? This was posted in a general area under free speech so I am not sure what the students were expecting UVM to do. If they expel him, if it is a student, then they will go right to the ACLU and file a lawsuit for violating their right to free speech.

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