Colorado University Police Investigating
Racist Hate Letter Sent to Student Leader
BOULDER, Colo.
University of Colorado, which has recently been hit with a string of racially tinged incidents, is investigating a death threat sent to a student leader via e-mail.
Mebraht Gebre-Michael, a Black student elected as one of three tri-executives that lead student government, says she received the
e-mail in November from a CU address.
It says: “Why don’t you and all of your Black … friends disappear off our campus. You guys don’t belong … you will die if you run for student government again. I don’t make empty threats…”
Gebre-Michael says she decided to make the information public to help educate the community.
“The climate on campus is just becoming unbearable for students of color; it’s ridiculous,” she says. “Students of color have to constantly watch their backs.”
Interim Chancellor Phil Distefano in a statement said he was extremely disturbed to learn of the racist message.
