Blacks and Asians under attack at Syracuse

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At least 11 racist or bias-related incidents have been reported on and near the Syracuse University campus since Nov. 7. Here is a breakdown at what happened and where. All locations listed are approximate:



Between Nov. 7 and Nov. 8

Between Nov. 7 and Nov. 8, racial slurs against black and Asian people were reported on floors four and six of Day Hall.

Ceiling lights in bathrooms on Day Hall’s sixth floor were pulled out and put in a toilet. The N-word was written on part of the light, at least one mirror on the floor and on garbage cans. A slur against Asian people was written on a bulletin board on the fourth floor.

Nov. 14, 3:45 a.m.

Around 3:45 a.m. Thursday morning, the Department of Public Safety sent a campus-wide email regarding racist graffiti against Asian people in a bathroom in the Physics Building.

Nov. 14, 4:50 p.m.

The D.O. reported that a swastika was found in a snowbank across from the 505 on Walnut, a luxury apartment complex where students live. A student saw the symbol from his apartment.

Chief Diversity and Inclusion Office Keith Alford sent an email just before 6 p.m. on Thursday regarding the incident. DPS notified the Syracuse Police Department of the incident, and SPD is currently investigating it, Alford said.

Nov. 14, 11:32 p.m.

DPS announced in a campus-wide email that additional graffiti with language against Asian people was found on the third floor of Day Hall.

Nov. 16, 12:15 a.m

The D.O. reported early Saturday morning that a racial slur was yelled at freshman Minghao Ai, who is Chinese, as he left Day Hall around 11:50 p.m. on Friday. Ai filed a bias report and called DPS at 12:15 a.m. Saturday.

DPS Chief Bobby Maldonado said in a campus-wide email Saturday at 3:49 p.m. that DPS did not have enough evidence at the time to say it was motivated by bias.

Nov. 16, 2:35 p.m.

DPS reported that racist graffiti against Asian people was found in Haven Hall. At the time of the email DPS said there were no details available nor a suspect, and the department was investigating the email.

Nov. 16, 6:18 p.m.

DPS announced that it was investigating two recently-reported bias incidents in a campus-wide email.

Anti-Semitic graffiti depicting a swastika was found in Haven Hall. The graffiti was removed, and DPS has no suspects at the time, according to a DPS email sent around 6:20 p.m. Saturday.

A student also reported to DPS that another student was yelling a racial epithet that’s derogatory to African American people at Sadler Hall. The department is working to identify the person.

Nov. 16, 10:20 p.m.

DPS announced in a campus-wide email that it is investigating a bias incident that occurred near College Place “a short time ago.” A black woman reported that a large group of individuals verbally harassed her, yelling the N-word as she walked by. The incident did not include a physical altercation. DPS has met with the person who filed the complaint and is reviewing evidence, which includes security camera footage.

Chancellor Kent Syverud announced Sunday morning that a fraternity was suspended because its members and guests were involved in the College Place incident. SU has suspended all social activities at fraternities for the rest of the fall 2019 semester.

The Alpha Chi Rho fraternity has been suspended, according to the website for the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs. That is the only change in chapter status listed after SU announced a fraternity was suspended for a bias incident near College Place. Alpha Chi Rho is located at 131 College Place.

Nov. 18, 9:00 p.m.

DPS reported racist graffiti against black people was found on the fifth floor of Day Hall. In a campus-wide email, DPS said it was currently interviewing residents and that no other information is currently available.

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Late Monday night/early Tuesday morning (around 1am) a white supremacist manifesto was Airdropped to students' phones at Bird Library, which is the big library on campus where tons of students get their work done throughout the day. The manifesto included a 74-page document written by the perpetrator of the March Christchurch mosque shootings, and includes neo-Nazi symbols and anti-immigrant sentiments. The same one he sent out minutes before conducting his attack.

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