Allie VanDee
Allie VanDee
Allie VanDee is an American teenager known for receiving harassed after wearing a Make America Great Again at an all African American University campus. [undefined]
Background
Early Life
Born and raised in the state of Pennsylvania, she grew up in the town of Union City. [undefined]
High School
She is a Track and field athlete at her school where she is a Runner. She attends Union City Area School and is entering her junior year. [undefined]
MAGA HAT
On August 19th, 2017, Allie and her friend, Sarah Applequist visited Howard University, which is known as a historically all black University. The two teenagers decided that it would be a good idea to wear their MAGA hats and Donald Trump t-shirts and walked all around campus. As they took to the campus, many of the students they encountered, felt offended and began to verbally express their opposition. One of the students even stole the hat belonging to Sarah. [1]
The university responded with a ten post thread on Twitter explaining how people must have better communication between ideas. The University's dining also tweeted about some of the commotion that took place when the girls strolled inside the dining area. [undefined]
The girls and their advisers didn't know that Howard was an all black University.
Twitter Response
After the experience that took place inside of the dining hall inside of Howard University, Allie took to twitter to deliver a response. [undefined] In the post, she goes on to complain about her treatment inside of the dining hall. The tweet has since gone viral evoking hundreds of responses, mostly opposing the tweet and standing up for the students. [undefined] [undefined] The University also issued tweets defending the sentiment of the students. [undefined]