Mathew Rodriguez, Mic, September 26, 2016

You’re supposed to go to college to get more knowledge–but these posters are nothing but ignorant.

The Black Student Union and others at the University of Michigan shared two images on their social media accounts Monday morning depicting anti-black flyers seen circulating around campus.

One was titled “Why White Women Shouldn’t Date Black Men,” while the other featured a call for European Americans to “stop apologizing” and “living in fear.”

“White people have the right to exist,” reads the second poster.

The flyer advocating that white women stay away from black men lists reasons like, “Your kids probably wouldn’t be smart” and “you should probably just avoid black men.”

It goes on to highlight stories about black men who have killed white women, claiming that relationships between black men and white women “[start] with brutal rape, then get much worse.”

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The University of Michigan has since released a statement condemning the posters’ “racist point of view” and said they’d been removed.

“Messages of racial, ethnic or religious discrimination have no place at the University of Michigan,” the statement reads. “Targeted attacks against groups of people serve only to tear apart our university community.”

The statement continues:

“While we continue to defend any individual’s right to free speech on our campus, these types of attacks directed toward any individual or group, based on a belief or characteristic, are inconsistent with the university’s values of respect, civility and equality. We also have a responsibility to create a learning environment that is free of harassment. These are core values and guiding principles that will help us as we strive to live up to our highest ideals.”

The University of Michigan’s Black Student Union has not responded to Mic‘s request for comment.