In the midst of the Blue Devils basketball team practicing in anticipation of Saturday’s Final Four game against Michigan State and Coach K being blasted on CNN for not commenting on Indiana’s controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the institution is dealing with yet another incident on campus.
Wednesday in the Bryan Center plaza. The center is home to offices including the Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity and the Center for Multicultural Affairs.
Duke’s vice president for student affairs says anyone found responsible for “committing this act of intimidation” will be held accountable. Vice President Larry Moneta said in an email to students that he felt anger and disgust when he learned about the noose.
“I can’t begin to describe the disgust and anger I felt, and still feel,” Moneta wrote. “Though it has since been removed, the photos are everywhere and its hateful message will sadly pervade and persist for a long time.”
This is the second incident of this kind on the campus recently. A couple of weeks ago, a female black student reported that a group of white males chanted a racist song at her.
With happenings like this, the one at Oklahoma and the thousands of others that happen on a daily basis at college campuses around the country…what were people saying about us living in a post-racial society?
Duke University and student leaders have scheduled a forum for Wednesday evening on the steps of the Chapel. Speakers will include President Richard Brodhead, there was also a silent march organized by the Black Student Alliance in protest.
