This super racist Obama costume appeared at a football game, and we’re so ashamed right now

As if we needed another election-related eye-roll, yet another messed up thing has gone down. At a University of Wisconsin football game against the University of Nebraska, two students dressed up as Obama in a noose. According to Wisconsin Public Radio, the racist display of Obama in a noose resulted in three bias reports being filed. But, in the end, the Wisconsin students and their racist Obama costume were allowed to stay.

This racist costume lynching Obama is literally SO horrifying.

At the @UWBadgers game and there is a man with a mask of President Obama and a noose. This is racism, why was this allowed into the stadium? pic.twitter.com/zKEqhdDYny

— Ka(n)ti(fa)e (@woahohkatie) October 29, 2016

The tweet explains,

"At the @UWBadgers game and there is a man with a mask of President Obama and a noose. This is racism, why was this allowed into the stadium?"

At first, it looked like they were asked to leave. But didn’t exactly do so full of remorse. 

It APPEARS the men were first asked to removed the Obama mask then asked to leave. This was their exit… pic.twitter.com/Xv1UxMOfaW

— Ka(n)ti(fa)e (@woahohkatie) October 30, 2016

The tweet reads,

"It APPEARS the men were first asked to removed the Obama mask then asked to leave. This was their exit..."

But, as is definitely the norm (UGH) their blatantly racist Obama costume was considered ~free speech~ and they were allowed to stay.

The school responded to tweets urging them to do something to stop the display of the racist Obama costume.

We don't support offensive image of a noose, but this is a form of free speech. Guest Services asked them to remove & they did.

— Wisconsin Badgers (@UWBadgers) October 30, 2016

And a statement made by Chancellor Rebecca Blank is less than satisfying considering the deep roots of lynching in the U.S. In the statement, Blank explained,

"The hateful message this sends to our entire community is contrary to our deeply held values – civility, respect, and the celebration of diversity."

Blank continued,

"Some have asked why the individual was not ejected. Once the noose was removed, the decision was made that the remainder of the costume fell within the stadium’s costume policies."

UGH. None of this is okay. Clearly we have a long way to go until we understand the difference between free speech and hate speech.