'It's Okay To Be White' Signs Pop Up On Tufts Campus

MEDFORD, MA – Signs bearing the phrase "It's okay to be white" were found posted around Tufts University Thursday morning. Campus police were notified around 2 a.m. after the flyers were seen attached to lawn signs encouraging students to vote, according to the Associated Press.

A university spokesperson told media outlets the signs were removed and police are investigating.

Discovery of the flyers was first reported by the student-run newspaper Tufts Daily. Similar signs have been found on college campuses across the country, including at Harvard University, and many popped up at the University of Vermont and Champlain College in Burlington, VT last weekend, the Associated Press reported.

The phrase has been associated with some white nationalists since it started gaining traction online last year.

A statement from Tufts University President Anthony Monaco read in part:

"This morning, we were dismayed to learn that vandals using slogans associated with white nationalism defaced signs encouraging the Tufts community to vote. The signs had been placed on the Academic Quad on the Medford/Somerville campus by Jumbo Vote, a non-partisan, student-led initiative. The vandals also put fliers on the windshields of some cars. I appreciate the quick action of the student who reported this incident to Tufts police and their prompt response. The Tufts University Police Department is investigating, and it appears that similar activities have occurred at other U.S. colleges and universities. It is unknown at this time whether the events on our campus were perpetrated by someone in the Tufts community."

Read the full statement here.

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