Michigan State suspends employee for Hitler image on video board

I understand the sensitivities involved but I don’t think it is ever right or wise to try to blot out history.  The more we are exposed to history, the less likely we are to repeat its mistakes and follies

A Michigan State University employee has been suspended with pay after an image of Adolf Hitler appeared on the video board at Spartan Stadium before MSU faced Michigan on Saturday.

The image of Hitler and his birthplace of Austria were shown on the scoreboard as part of a pregame trivia quiz roughly 80 minutes before kickoff between the rival schools.

Images quickly went viral across social media.

In a statement released Sunday, Michigan State University athletic director Alan Haller said that the school was “responsible for all content shown on its video boards.”

“Before it was displayed, the video was not viewed in its entirety by anyone in athletics, exposing a failure in our process,” Haller said, per the Detroit Free Press. “The video was not part of a sponsorship and had no affiliation with any of our corporate partners or our community.

“An initial assessment was conducted, and an involved employee has been identified and suspended with pay pending the results of an investigation. The investigation will determine any future appropriate actions.”

The athletic director apologized for the school displaying the image prior to Saturday night’s game and “for the pain it has caused our community.”

In particular, Haller said, he understood the harm it caused to the Jewish community, “which is currently experiencing a rise in antisemitism, including acts of violence.”

The quiz shown prior to the game was streamed from a YouTube channel called “The Quiz Channel” and the specific image of Hitler came from a video titled “General Knowledge Trivia Quiz (Part 18).”

https://nypost.com/2023/10/22/michigan-state-suspends-employee-for-hitler-image-at-michigan-game/

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