An alleged “blackface” banner outside of a frat house at Colorado State University turned out to just look that way due to rain and lighting.
“We want you to rush Lambda Chi,” the banner said in September, using a drawing of Uncle Sam, as reported by the Coloradoan at the time. The newspaper reported the banner had “what appears to be blackface paint on the face and hand.”
The real reason is much simpler and less deviant according to reporting now picked up by other outlets.