A swastika made out of human feces was discovered in a dormitory’s gender-neutral bathroom at a top U.S. art school over the weekend.
The Rhode Island School of Design, known as RISD (RIZ’-dee), said in a statement that the level of “disrespect and vitriol is completely unacceptable.” Public safety officials are investigating it as an act of vandalism and a hate crime.
It’s not clear whether the anti-Semitic incident was also aimed at LGBT students, coming on the heels of a national debate over the right of transgender students to access bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity.
“To say we condemn the RISD graffiti is too mild and obvious a statement,” said Rabbi Michelle T. Dardashti, an associate chaplain at the college, according to the Huffington Post.
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