Students are urging the University of Missouri to expel right-wing student club leader Meg Miller over her racist social media post that made light of the murder of Black people and used a racial slur.
In a Snapchat post, Miller, who has now resigned as president of the MU chapter of Turning Point USA, wrote: “If they would have killed 4 more n----- we would have had the whole week off,” followed by crying laughing emojis.
Screenshots of Miller’s post have spread widely on social media, sparking outrage among students and community members who are pleading with the university to immediately bar her from campus.
University of Missouri officials said last week that they were alerted to reports of a racist post by an MU student, which were referred to the MU Office of Institutional Equity. Officials have condemned the post and have placed the matter under review, spokesman Christian Basi said.
“This language is reprehensible, and we condemn any language and actions that are racist, discriminatory and hateful to our community,” said Mun Choi, president of the University of Missouri, in a news release which stated that, “Following the review, the university will take appropriate action.”
The Star was unable to immediately contact Miller, and her social media profiles on Monday appeared no longer available or public.
Miller quit the chapter of Turning Point USA “without explanation last week,” officials with the national organization said in an email to The Star. The nonprofit said that, “This kind of language has no place at TPUSA, and we support her decision to remove herself from all involvement with that local chapter.”
The nonprofit in recent years has expanded its reach, with more clubs being added on college campuses and in schools, sparking protests and criticism over the group’s promotion of disinformation and far-right rhetoric, such as boosting false claims of fraud in the 2020 election.
Basi said that Miller’s Snapchat post was made several months ago. Her post hearkens back to 1986, on the first federal holiday marking the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., when disc jockey Doug Tracht said on the air that killing “four more” would result in getting the rest of the week off. Also known as the “Greaseman,” he was fired in 1999 as protests erupted over his racist remarks.
“THIS is what’s happening on your campus as we speak,” MU student Kaylyn Walker wrote on Twitter in response to Miller’s post. “She is allowed to freely roam campus while spewing racial slurs, being openly transphobic, and denying allegations. Black Mizzou and POC on this campus are making a call to action that this is (investigated) IMMEDIATELY.”
Screenshots of Miller’s Instagram post showed that her bio stated she was “unapologetically conservative,” a “second amendment enthusiast” and “pro-life advocate.”
One of Miller’s previous posts, shared widely on social media, shows her posing with Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager acquitted of criminal charges in the fatal shooting of two men and the wounding of another during a Wisconsin protest in 2020 over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man.
The photo included the hashtags “#fangirlmoment” and “#gunrightsarewomensrights.” In another post, Miller is shown hunting, posed next to a deer, with the caption, “pulled a rittenhouse.”
The editorial board of MU’s student newspaper, The Maneater, wrote in a column that Miller’s racist posts, “follow increasingly brazen public displays of white-supremacist propaganda and hate speech on the MU campus.”
Earlier this fall, white supremacist fliers were found on MU’s campus.
The Faculty Council denounced the fliers and said in a statement that it “expresses compassion and empathy for members of our campus community who are threatened, harmed, or otherwise marginalized by the messages. While posting the fliers may not violate university policies on free speech, it is important to acknowledge that the fliers display messages of hate, which have been associated with a history of racist violence in the U.S.”
For the past several years, students have protested administration to improve the racial climate on campus and hire more faculty members of color.
Concerned Student 1950, a predominantly black group, orchestrated a series of protests in 2015, which included a student hunger strike and a boycott by the Mizzou football players. The protests drew national attention and led to the resignation of UM System President Tim Wolfe and the reassignment of MU Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin.
