Ohio State University student leader said during a student government meeting that he would “love” to live in a world where “Black people were taught that they are superior.”
QUICK FACTS:
- John Fuller, a former parliamentarian of the Ohio State University Undergraduate Student Government General Assembly, is facing criticism from other students after saying white people are the only race taught they are superior.
- “I just wanted to say that and make this very clear, the only people who are taught that they are superior to another race are White people,” Fuller said. “And I would absolutely love to live in a world where Black people were taught that they are superior.”
- Fuller made the remarks in March while presenting a resolution that criticized anti-Critical Race Theory (CRT) legislation.
FULLER ON WHITE PEOPLE BEING TAUGHT THEY ARE SUPERIOR:
“Because White people learn from birth that they are superior, there is nothing that they need to be taught in school that tells them that. They learn that from their lived experiences.”
BACKGROUND:
- Ohio State students were outraged by Fuller’s remarks, saying his statements were not the values the student government represented.
- “The comments made during the General Assembly session is fundamentally, like, diverging from our values as the student government of Ohio State,” Undergraduate Student Government President Jacob Chang told the student newspaper.
- “Therefore, it is our responsibility to report a case like this. I think we need to stand in solidarity with all people of color and anyone who suffers from racism, but we need to do it from a space that is unilaterally empowering everyone around them instead of like single out one group.”
- Chang went on to say that after Fuller’s comments, Speaker of the General Assembly Bobby McAlpine dismissed him from his role in student government.
