It has been widely reported in the British press and media. (I heard it on the radio - I think on the BBC World Service - and it is reported in my Daily Teleegraph today. The MSN link which John gives seems to have the story pretty correct.
To my mind, the significant fact is that nowhere does it appear that other than 'If' (presumably, because it was there on the wall), the student representative has actually read any Kipling. The MSN piece
speaks only of Kipling being "famous for his children's literature . . . ."
Alastair Wilson

On 19/07/2018 14:22, john wrote:

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I have just read this on the MSN portal: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/rudyard-kiplings-if-manchester-university-students-scrub-poem-off-wall-over-racism/ar-AAAhS0l?li=BBoPWjQ

Is this possible? It certainly won't discourage me to carry on reading Kipling with my undergraduates, quite the contrary, in fact.

Yours,

John Seriot,

Norway

Rudyard Kipling's If: Manchester University students scrub poem off wall over 'racism'

www.msn.com

Students at Manchester University scrubbed a poem by Rudyard Kipling off a wall, claiming that the poet was a “racist.” Mr Kipling’s poem 'If' which had been painted on the wall of the students’ union building was removed by students on Tuesday. 

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