Fake racial advocacy group asks white parents to keep students out of Ivy League schools

A flyer claiming to be from a racial justice group in Dallas asking white parents to pledge not to send their children to Ivy League colleges in order to save spots for Black students is likely a disinformation hoax.

The story of the flyer began in mid July, when individuals in the wealthy, largely white neighbourhood of Highland Park in Dallas, Texas, received FedEx envelopes containing letters from a group named "Dallas Justice Now."

The flyer asked "white liberals and allies of the Black Lives Matter movement to make sacrifices to open up opportunities for students of color" and called them to sign an online pledge that they would not send their children to Ivy League schools or any of the US World and News Report top 50 colleges.