A drunk Columbia sophomore named Julian von Abele went on a racist tirade aimed at a group of students of color saying “white people are the best thing that happened to the world.”
“We invented science and industry and you want to tell us to stop because, ‘Oh my God, we’re so bad!’” he is seen shouting in the video shot by one of the onlookers.
“We saved billions of people from starvation, we built modern civilization! White people are the best thing that ever happened to the world!” continues the bespectacled young man, who is clad in a blazer and button-down shirt.
“What about slavery?” asks one of the people he is yelling at.
“White people are the best thing ever,” the student continues, unabated. “I love myself and I love my people…F–k yeah! White people!”
The Black Students’ Organization at Columbia said in a statement that the student “continued to harass several students and Public Safety did nothing to help or protect the students when they were contacted". They also physically grabbed one of the students.