Princeton Investigating Pro-Trump Emails Alleging University Is 'Anti-White'

Princeton, NJ -- Princeton University is investigating the delivery of racist email messages to students and faculty over the weekend.

"The University deplores these revolting messages, which are contrary to our values and our code of conduct," Vice Provost for Institutional Equity and Inclusion Michele Minter said in a statement. "We will not allow these hateful actions to undermine our commitment to creating an inclusive and harassment-free community on campus."

The emails appear to have been sent from servers that are not on campus, investigators believe.

They allege that university professors are anti-White, and that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump understands the threat to white people posed by diversity, according to the Daily Princetonian.

The email used the subject line 'NO CHILD LEFT WHITE,’ and stated: “Princeton teaches its White students that they are immoral and contemptible if they don’t support White Genocide,” among other remarks, according to the report.

The student newspaper says the emails were likely sent by a member of “White GeNOcide Project,” a white supremacist group. A person using the name John Albert Willis is said to have sent the emails.

On its website, the White GeNOcide Project provides sample language for people to send to their universities.

Earlier this year, the university considered removing Woodrow Wilson's name from buildings on campus, but ultimately decided against it. At the time, a board-appointed committee recommended "an expanded and more vigorous commitment to inclusion and diversity" at the university.

That discussion began with a 32-hour sit-in on campus sit-in by a Black Lives Matter group last November.

Princeton is one of a number of universities that have received similar emails, university officials said over the weekend.

The university warns students and faculty to use caution when opening emails sent from email addresses they don’t recognize.

Anyone with knowledge of the distribution of the messages is asked to contact the Department of Public Safety at 609-258-1000.

Anyone receiving such messages is asked to contact either Public Safety; Debbie Bazarsky, manager of diversity and inclusion in the Office of Human Resources at 609-258-9460; Cheri Burgess, director of institutional equity at 609-258-8504; or the University Hotline at 866-478-9804.

Confidential counseling is available through Counseling and Psychological Services, the Carebridge program and the Office of Religious Life.

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