Commentary The students, administration, and faculty of Albion College in Michigan were driven into a frenzy two weeks ago when racist and anti-Semitic graffiti surfaced in a dorm stairwell and photos were posted in a local news Facebook group. The photos included messages such as “White Power” and “KKK.” Now the campus police have discovered that a 21-year-old black student is responsible. He has admitted creating the graffiti, and video evidence corroborates his confession, police said. Here we go again! Another fake racial incident, another hoax perpetrated by a supposed victim. This is Jussie Smollett all over again. Fake racial incidents are now commonplace both on the campus and in the culture. So the first interesting question is: why would someone seek to orchestrate a horrific event that didn’t really happen? It can’t be that the perpetrators, from Smollett to the black student at Albion, are merely trying to call …
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