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As ADOS Florida chapter leaders and community advocates, we view Florida International University’s decision to suspend the students involved in the racist “Nazi heaven” group chat as an appropriate and necessary action. The conduct exposed in those chats—created by Abel Carvajal and amplified by participants including Dariel Gonzalez—was not simply “controversial” speech. It was overtly anti-Black, dehumanizing, and reflective of a violent political imagination directed at Black Americans.
We condemn without reservation any appeal effort by Carvajal or Gonzalez to overturn these sanctions. Their attempt to recast racist fantasies about killing Black people as “free speech” is an insult to every Black student on campus and every ADOS family whose ancestors lived through the real-world consequences of such ideology. This is not an academic debate. It is a matter of safety, dignity, and the right of Black students to exist on campus without being targeted by people who openly fantasize about their harm.
The university’s ruling affirms what we already knew: actions have consequences, and those consequences must apply to individuals who use their influence to create environments of hate and terror. The findings make clear that these students engaged in conduct that promoted, facilitated, and concealed violations of the code, including violent anti-Black rhetoric, threats, and other behavior that endangered the well-being of their peers.
We also publicly support the calls for broader accountability. The racist conduct in these chats did not emerge in isolation. It grew within a political culture in which some student leaders—backed by external organizations—felt emboldened to express white supremacist and anti-Black beliefs casually and without consequence. ADOS leaders reject any narrative that this behavior is simply a “misunderstanding” or protected expression. Racism, threats, and fantasies of genocide do not fall under the umbrella of civil liberty.
We urge FIU President Jeanette Nuñez to stand firm and refuse to bend under political pressure or lawsuits designed to shield bigotry behind constitutional language. Maintaining a safe university environment requires courage and consistency, and FIU’s action—though long overdue—is a meaningful step toward protecting Black students and upholding institutional integrity.
To the students appealing their suspensions: accountability is not persecution. Your actions were reprehensible, dangerous, and incompatible with leadership on any campus—especially one attended by Black students who refuse to be silent while their humanity is mocked behind closed doors.
We will continue to monitor FIU’s next steps, and we expect continued transparency and zero tolerance toward hate, whether it comes from white students, Latino students, Spanish-identified students, or anyone else who believes anti-Black violence is a joke.
