Do your best to try and act shocked.

Via College Fix:

Was the incident that recently provoked a massive protest at Clemson University based on a hate-crime hoax?

The answer to that question remains elusive as campus officials refuse to identify the people who hung bananas from a banner commemorating the plight of African Americans in the Civil War at South Carolina’s second largest university.

The act was widely perceived as a racist gesture and precipitated an eight-day sit-in by racial-grievance protesters last month.

Asked point-blank by The College Fix this week whether the incident was a hate-crime hoax, a university spokeswoman replied via email with only the following: “The incident has been investigated. There were no criminal charges applied to the individuals who came forward to express their involvement, and the case has been resolved.”

The “racist” bananas had prompted the weeklong sit-in at Sikes Hall, Clemson’s administrative building. Student protesters claimed they felt unsafe at Clemson, that it was filled with racism, and that “Clemson does not embrace its students from underrepresented groups.” […]

As for the bananas, several news reports noted Clemson officials had been determined to apprehend the culprits after the ripening fruit had first been spotted in mid-April. Talk of using surveillance video was bandied about by campus officials and others.

President Clements, in a statement to students, had said “this type of conduct is hurtful, disrespectful, unacceptable and will not be tolerated.”