>>11857635His brother was a professor at Evergreen State College. Black students every year would do a one day boycott to show how important they are. They finally figured out that no one cared that they disappeared from campus so instead they insisted that all non-black students and faculty be prohibited from campus. His brother Bret refused to go along with this Day of Color, which of course enraged the SJWs who control the school. This blew up into a national news story, which then led to Bret getting lots of interviews. Eric was savvy enough to make use of what happened to Bret to raise his own profile.