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Florida State University Is Investigating A Student's Extraordinary Display Of Racism

Peter JacobsSep 6, 2013, 19:59 IST

Via College LeakFlorida State University's administration and police department have launched an investigation into a student who referred to a group of African-American students as "monkeys," the university announced Thursday.

In a Vine posted on Wednesday, the FSU student posted about a group of African-American students, writing "Welcome to FAMU...I mean FSU. #monkeyseverywhere."

FAMU - Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University - is a historically black university. The Vine, now deleted, provoked outrage from both FSU and FAMU students, according to fsunews.com.

The university sent out the following message to students on Thursday: