Life comes at you fast. Kyle Kushov, a survivor of the Parkland School shooting, just had his Harvard University acceptance rescinded due to his usage of revolting racist messages. He feels he's been wronged. How Twitter is getting him together, inside.
In February 2018, the deadly mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla changed the way we students have fought back. While many of the students became well known for organizing rallies where teens and students could be heard, and have done pro-gun control advocacy, one Parkland survivor doubled down on his pro-gun stance.
NRA supporter Kyle Kushov lost classmates in the horrible shooting, but that hasn't stopped him from being blind to his entitlement. Harvard University acceptance rescinded his acceptance due to his racist words, and now, instead of learning from this lesson in accountability, he's crying racist white tears.
1/ THREAD: Harvard rescinded my acceptance.
Three months after being admitted to Harvard Class of 2023, Harvard has decided to rescind my admission over texts and comments made nearly two years ago, months prior to the shooting.
I have some thoughts. Here’s what happened.
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) June 17, 2019
While Kyle tried to make it seem like his comments were just "things boys do" and no big deal, the tea was spilled on what he actually said. And it's disgusting, even for a teen. Reportedly, there's more where he also calls the black football players at his school disgusting slurs as well.
Y’all. This is what @Harvard rescinded Kyle Kashuv’s admission for.
“I was only 16!”
Raise your hand if you knew not to be racist when you were 16. pic.twitter.com/d1Rt69icI3
— Bry (@c3yric) June 17, 2019
This is morally reprehensible. (Which probably explains why conservatives are defending him) pic.twitter.com/lpi8jPFqz1
— Bry (@c3yric) June 17, 2019
Apparently, Kyle still feels entitled (shocker!) to be accepted to the school of his choice.
Hey @KyleKashuv, you can’t get into @Harvard. Well, that means you need to pick another school. There are many options. And you should focus on working with local groups to show your commitment. Hope you learned a valuable lesson: private racism can go public! https://t.co/eSagSwJ9pK
— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) June 17, 2019
Dude wrote a 13-Tweet dissertation about his debacle, basically saying he deserves to still go.
2/ A few weeks ago, I was made aware of egregious and callous comments classmates and I made privately years ago - when I was 16 years old, months before the shooting - in an attempt to be as extreme and shocking as possible.
I immediately apologized.
Here is my apology: pic.twitter.com/eI38ziiQE8
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) June 17, 2019
He explains throughout the tweets (click on the first to see them all in full) that he was accepted to Harvard. Then, when his "former" peers - his classmates - went on an alleged campaign to get him dropped from the school, his private chat room messages were found and sent to the University. Harvard then rescinded his admission. When Kyle sent an apology letter and attempted to schedule an in-person face-to-face to explain his side of the story, Harvard basically said "It's above me now."
3/ After I issued this apology, speculative articles were written, my peers used the opportunity to attack me, and my life was once again reduced to a headline.
It sent me into one of the darkest spirals of my life.
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) June 17, 2019
4/ After the story broke, former peers & political opponents began contacting Harvard urging them to rescind me. Harvard then sent this letter stating that Harvard "reserves the right to withdraw an offer of admission" and requested a written explanation within 72 hours. pic.twitter.com/RfEQCvjgDX
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) June 17, 2019
5/ I responded to the letter with a full explanation, apology, and requested documents. pic.twitter.com/yWd6FeKWOJ
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) June 17, 2019
6/ I also sent an email to the Office of Diversity and Inclusion to seek guidance on how to right this wrong and work with them once I was on campus. pic.twitter.com/3M1UEXXeQm
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) June 17, 2019
7/ Harvard decided to rescind my admission with the following letter. pic.twitter.com/P3bLkF3hHn
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) June 17, 2019
He says this whole situation sent him "into the darkest spiral of his life."
8/ Somewhat ironically, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion sent me this response regarding my apology:
“Thank you for your email. We appreciate your thoughtful reflections and look forward to connecting with you upon your matriculation in the fall of 2020..." pic.twitter.com/YUX67QW3KE
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) June 17, 2019
Bloop.
Now, for some context.
Happy Birthday Mr.President!
When my community was struggling, through all the confusion and pain, he was there to help.Taking the time on one of the busiest days of the administration to sit down with some just high school kid to discuss how to fix the real problems. pic.twitter.com/xNCkFEu66b
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) June 14, 2019
Kyle seemingly supports the conservative politics, including President Trump, and is admittedly a pro-gun advocate. Yes, even after his classmates were horrifically shot dead in front of him. He has used his platform to advocate for more "school saftey officers", i.e. more guns, and has interviewed pro-life Congressmen on his Youtube channel.
These facts may make behavior like this - going into an online rage with the N-word and calling your black and/or gay classmates every disgusting slur in the book - seem unsurprising.
Of course, his conservative allies are defending not only his behavior, but his right to attend the private, elite, Ivy League university. The "he was just a kid" and "everybody does things they have apologized for" excuses - you know, the excuses they NEVER give for unarmed black boys - are already in full force.
So if you say something terrible in a private chat room when you're 16, then get outed by political opponents, Harvard tosses you? Get ready for the wave. I have a feeling Harvard is filled with 18-year-olds who used to be idiot 16-year-olds. https://t.co/zgL26OPaSZ
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) June 17, 2019
The mighty secular institutions of the cultural elite are shedding grace as they shed faith. On a smaller scale, Harvard’s vindictiveness against Kyle Kashuv reminds me of Oberlin’s malice. Self-righteousness untempered by humility makes a country cruel: https://t.co/xhYp31QRey
— David French (@DavidAFrench) June 17, 2019
One of the biggest thing that bothers me about the whole Kyle Kashuv thing is the laughable self-righteousness with which his political enemies are condemning him. It’s not that they’ve never made hateful comments, it’s that they’ve never been caught & are betting they won’t be.
— Allie Beth Stuckey (@conservmillen) June 17, 2019
And others aren't trying to hear that type of noise:
Ben Shapiro can’t wrap his head around Harvard booting Kyle Kashuv for using racial slurs. I wonder why pic.twitter.com/p8eVYFnu1A
— Nathan Bernard (@nathanTbernard) June 17, 2019
Right-wingers are freaking out about conservative Kyle Kashuv losing the opportunity to go to Harvard due to racist comments.
These same folks didn't care at all when 14 of his Parkland classmates lost all future opportunities after being murdered in a mass shooting.
— Adam Best (@adamcbest) June 17, 2019
David Hogg put his neck on the line and fought for gun control while getting death threats daily...
Kyle Kashuv sat behind a computer and made racist comments online...
Do you really want to know which teenager deserves to go to Harvard and who doesn’t.
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) June 17, 2019
it’s... not a coincidence that the entire conservative media apparatus wants committing acts of racism to have no personal consequences. it’s pretty consistent! and not at all limited to kyle kashuv.
— Talia Lavin (@chick_in_kiev) June 17, 2019
If you’re a conservative so angry at Harvard for rescinding Kyle Kashuv’s admission that you try to direct mob outrage at David Hogg to try to get even, you’re nothing but an outrage bully and a hypocrite who has no principles or morals just tribal selfishness and petty revenge.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) June 17, 2019
If men like Kyle Kashuv, or Brett Kavanaugh shouldn’t be punished because of their “mistakes” they made as teenagers, why should a woman be forced to have a child as a teenager, after a mistake she made?
— emilia (@PoliticalEmilia) June 17, 2019
Kyle Kashuv tweets looking like this after being dropped by Harvard for using the N-word pic.twitter.com/pyaY0q41Fo
— tre (@burrough_) June 17, 2019
You should ask to speak to Harvard’s manager
— matt tobey (@mtobey) June 17, 2019
Kyle Kashuv didnt get in to Harvard for saying a racial slur? pic.twitter.com/bf6Hz71wPX
— steph (@stephasloth) June 17, 2019
Harvard: “It’s above me now.” pic.twitter.com/tBQM4vBB4b
— CT Million (@CTMillion) June 17, 2019
Touché.
Photo: Getty
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