University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Nicole Parsons told the news website on Sunday that she put up the sign in her dorm window after someone drew a swastika on a “Happy Hannukah” sign earlier this month.
Massachusetts college asks student to take down sign that said “f-ck Nazis” over “inclusion” issues https://t.co/D9sXkf1dvf pic.twitter.com/wRCniiVMm9
— The Hill (@thehill) December 24, 2018
The university in a statement posted on Facebook said the email was “poorly worded.”
“A poorly worded email from Residence Life staff asking students to take down the sign does not reflect the values of the campus, and it should not have been sent,” the statement says. “UMass Amherst emphatically rejects Nazis, and any other hate group, a view expressed in the students’ sign.”
“However, we are sensitive to the use of profanity, which some could find inappropriate,” the statement adds. “The university respects the students’ right to display the sign and it may remain up.”