I knew it was fake. These things are 99.99% fake. I’m black and when I tell ‘concerned’ white people not to get worried about these events (I’m an academic, white academics are always concerned about something...), heads shake in disbelief, because, of course, there’s rampant racism everywhere.
Also, I’ve known a few people who either went to St Olaf or sent their kids there. It’s a nice school with a decent environment based on their reports. I’d be very surprised if such an overtly racist event happened there.
Why shouldn’t they worry about the events? Until they are very publicly debunked (and they rarely are), they may increase racial tension to a boiling point. These acts are much less dangerous if they ARE real; most of the racial violence is NOT directed towards blacks by whites.