A white Columbia University student was seen ranting about the superiority of his race and harassing a group of fellow students, a number of whom are black, in a video that has now gone viral, and sparked a heated debate about the school's response to racism on campus.
The video was posted on Twitter early Sunday morning, and it's been watched more than 1.7 million times. It's also prompted debates online and on Columbia's campus about racial bias and harassment, with some students saying the video underscores deeper issues a sign of bigger issues at the school.
The footage shows the white student — identified by the Columbia Spectator as sophomore Julian von Abele — in a racist screaming fit outside Butler Library and JJ's Place, a dining hall. Von Abele didn't immediately respond to an email from BuzzFeed News.
He then started praising President Donald Trump and shouting about white people, she said.
"We built the modern world," the student says in the video. "We invented science and industry."
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