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The School of Religion released a statement acknowledging the “disturbing incident” that happened during an event it hosted Tuesday afternoon.
The event was a guest lecture by Dr. Kathryn Lofton of Yale University, called “The Present Life of Blasphemy: Kanye West in American Popular Culture.”
The event—which was attended by more than 160 students, staff, faculty, and community members—was hacked by an anonymous user who portrayed swastikas, as well as other hateful and violent imagery including pornography, and used anti-Black, anti-woman, and Queerphobic language.
“[T]he School of Religion wishes now to recognize that the hackers’ vulgar language, obscene and violent images, and racist insignia displayed to our community was shocking, offensive, and terribly injurious,” Dr. Adnan Husain, director of the School of Religion, wrote in a statement.