Harvard rescinds offer to Parkland gun rights activist after racist messages surface online by stableford
Kyle Kashuv, a Parkland, Fla., shooting survivor turned gun rights activist and conservative pundit, was set to attend Harvard University next year.
Kashuv posted letters he exchanged with Harvard officials beginning late last month, when the racist comments he made in a shared Google document and text messages were shared by fellow students and published by HuffPost. Kashuv repeatedly used the N-word and referred to black athletes at the school as “n*****jocks.
“My intent was never to hurt anyone,” he wrote. “I also feel I am no longer the same person, especially in the aftermath of the Parkland shooting and all that has transpired since.” In the weeks and months following the massacre, Kashuv’s pro-gun positions put him at odds with Parkland student activists, like David Hogg and Jaclyn Corin, who organized March for Our Lives events protesting gun violence.
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