RNC montage recalls viral racist incident and celebrates anti-woke college students

A clip of white college students mocking a black woman was part of a video montage praising anti-“woke” college students at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday.

The Original video, The video, shot at a pro-Palestinian demonstration at the University of Mississippi, went viral in the spring. In it, a white counter-protester taunts a black woman by making monkey noises while others gesture and shout in her direction.

While the clip included in the montage did not show anyone making obscene or racist gestures, it was clearly identifiable as part of the sensational incident, which was widely condemned.

“Not all college students are woke. They should be celebrated,” says the narrator in the RNC video.

Neither the Trump team nor an RNC spokesperson responded to HuffPost’s request for comment.

University Chancellor Glenn Boyce said in a statement at the time that the students’ actions had “hostility and racist undertones.”

“As a public institution, we have an obligation to support the rights of our students, faculty and staff to respectfully express their views and to assemble peacefully, as guaranteed by the First Amendment of the Constitution,” he said. “However, some individuals at the demonstration behaved in a manner that is inconsistent with the values ​​of our university.”

One of the students was expelled from his fraternity following the incident. Mississippi Free Press reportedThe university also launched an investigation against an unnamed student following the protest. by time.

Sarafina Chitika, a spokeswoman for the Biden campaign, told HuffPost that the video shown at the RNC further fueled division.

“Donald Trump promised unity at his convention. Instead, he delivered bigotry, division and blatant racism that turned dog whistles into megaphones,” Chitika said. “The video released by Trump and his RNC is beneath the president’s dignity and proves that their empty pandering to voters of color is nothing more than lip service to cover up decades of racism.”