The Cleveland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is condemning the distribution of racist flyers on the campus after 21 News reported on a white supremacist group spreading hate speech at Youngstown State University on Wednesday. 

CAIR issued a media release Friday stating the 'American Muslim community stand in solidarity with all those challenging antisemitism, systemic anti-Black racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, white supremacy, and all other forms of bigotry.'

As we reported Wednesday, Patriot Front recently posted fliers around YSU containing racist remarks and extremist views that read, "One nation against invasion" and "America doesn't have a gun problem; it has a Black problem." 

Patriot Front's manifesto reads in part, "Those of foreign birth may occupy civil status within the lands occupied by the state, and they may even be dutiful citizens, yet they may not be American. Membership within the American nation is inherited through blood, not ink. Even those born in America may yet be foreign. Nationhood cannot be bestowed upon those who are not of the founding stock of our people, and those who do not share the common spirit that permeates our greater civilization, and the European diaspora."

"We condemn the distribution of this hateful propaganda and thank campus police for taking this incident seriously," said CAIR-Cleveland Executive Director Faten Odeh. "We urge students of all backgrounds to continue resisting this intimidation and stand together to repudiate messages of hate."

When YSU learned of the fliers, they were subsequently torn down, and according to a university statement, this is believed to be part of a pattern seen at other campuses across the country.
 

The statement continued, "The university community seeks to eliminate discrimination and harassment through education and encourages staff, faculty, students, visitors, and volunteers to report concerns or complaints."

YSU President Bill Johnson told us at the time that the fliers were put up without approval from the university and that university policy requires anyone who wants to put up fliers must ask for permission first.
 
Johnson added that the university would not have approved these fliers to be displayed noting that YSU is a free speech campus, but does not allow hate speech like what is portrayed in these fliers.