Last updated:04/03/2008
Satirical hate column causes controversy

A supposedly satirical editorial column on Asian students published in a student newspaper has sparked controversy.

The piece written by staff editor Max Karson at the University of Colorado paper Campus Press which was entitled ‘If it’s war the Asians want…It’s what they’ll get’ has been condemned across the campus.

Karson wrote that he had noticed “some tension between the white students and the Asian students” at the university in the past year.

“They hate us all,” wrote Karson commenting on the Asian community at the university.

“And I say it’s time we started hating them back.”

Student Pasha Minallah, said, “I just can’t believe it, “It’s stereotypes left and right. It’s hard to believe that people think this way.”

She added that Karson’s claim that all Asians hate white people is outlandish, even as a joke.

This isn’t the first time that Karson’s writing has sparked controversy on the campus. He was investigated in 2006 for a newsletter that angered students and faculty members. Columns in The Yeti said that women are not designed to enjoy sex, and in which Karson admitted he is ‘afraid of black people.’

Last year, Karson was arrested and suspended after students reported that he said he was ‘angry enough to kill’ while discussing the Virginia Tech shootings.