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On 25 August 2016, multiple Fox News-linked accounts published tweets and articles about a school training course that led many social media users to believe was a class offered at the State University of New York at Binghamton (commonly known as Binghamton University) called Stop White People. Columnist Todd Starnes penned a column about the controversy, describing a workshop offered as an official part of the residential assistant training program: Starnes referenced a 24 August 2016 item published by student newspaper the Binghamton Review that included additional detail about the teacup tempest, but the latter was far clearer about the minute scope and origin of the printed material (depicted above) that prompted the rumors: Rose indeed issued an undated statement about an optional 12 August 2016 event for resident advisors (RAs) at Binghamton, during which three RAs hosted the presentation described in the printed material. Rose noted that the presentation in question centered on race relations and referenced a popular existing Twitter hashtag that was not created by Binghamton RAs: Nevertheless, rumors quickly spread on social media indicating that Binghamton was offering a full course in their curriculum called Stop White People, and a number of web sites and online users reacted to that misinterpretation. We contacted the university's media relations department and a representative with whom we spoke reiterated that the RA-only presentation was student-led and student-managed, adding that Binghamton at no time has offered a Stop White People class as part of any school curriculum.
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