Theres an interesting story out therea white male Columbia University student joyfully exclaimed his love for white people on a viral video shown on Twitter. Europeans built the modern world, he said.. We invented science and industry and you want to tell us to stop because, Oh my God, were so bad. We invented the modern world. The student, later identified as Julian von Abele, a sophomore at the school, appeared a bit toasted, to use a word known to college students everywhere.