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On Feb. 18, 2008, the University of Colorado Campus Press posted the article, “If it’s war the Asians want... it’s war they’ll get.” Assistant Opinions Editor Max Karson wrote the article, viewed by many to be offensive, racist, and threatening with its “three-phase” plan for the organized persecution of people of Asian descent. It references starting war with “Asians,” capturing them with nets, herding and hog-tying them into captivity, and ultimately, “Americanizing” them by forcing them to eat bad sushi, play beer pong, speak only English, and replace their rice cookers with George Foreman Grills. (View full article)


• Anti-Asian Column Becomes Rallying Cry for Colorado's AA Student Community - Pacific Citizen

• Campus Press talks diversity - Colorado Daily

• Embattled student columnist calls CU a 'racist hell-hole' - Rocky Mountain News

• Campus Press opinion section on hold - Boulder Daily Camera

• CU-Boulder students rally against hate - AsiaXpress.com

• Student leaders want 'Campus Press' editor, adviser out - AsiaXpress.com

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