Filers promoting a white supremacist organization have been found posted on several buildings at Eastern Michigan University.

Officials are removing them because they run counter to the school's values and violate policies about posting fliers, university spokesman Geoffrey Larcom said Thursday night.

"The fliers and the hateful, racist causes they promote run completely counter to Eastern’s core values of diversity, inclusiveness and respect," he said. "They also violate EMU's policies regarding postings, and therefore are being removed as we learn of them. Similar fliers have been found at other universities in the United States."

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Larcom told the Free Press that five fliers have been found over the last couple of days. They bear the name "Identity Evropa," which identifies itself on its website as a "fraternal organization for people of European heritage located in the United States."

"We are not supremacists of any kind and we reject the term 'white supremacist' as an anti-White pejorative used to silence anyone who dares to stand up for the legitimate interests of European Americans," the website says.

EMU student body president Miles Payne took to Facebook to urge people to remove the fliers.

"White Supremacy is here at Eastern," he wrote. "If you see these, please take them down."

White supremacist groups have been more prominently in the national spotlight since last month, when a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., turned violent and a counter-protester died.

The Anti-Defamation League reported back in April that it has cataloged 104 incidents of white supremacist fliers posted on college campuses since the school year that began in September 2016, with surge of activity since January 2017.

Last month, Michigan State University denied a request from the National Policy Institute, a white supremacist group, to rent space on campus. Officials cited concerns about public safety.

Contact staff writer Ann Zaniewski at 313-222-6594 or azaniewski@freepress.com. Follow her on Twitter: @AnnZaniewski.