But its 2015

It's sad that white students yelling racial slurs at black students continues to be a "thing" at my university. You can shout "Not on our campus!" or "It's 2015!" all you want, but it seems like these messages don't mean much at all. Im beginning to think that students are being racist for fun. Like its the go-to thing to do in a game of truth or dare especially since the worst thing that can happen is you being forced to go through diversity training. And that's only if the victim can memorize your license plate in the heat of the moment (most racial slurs on campus are yelled out of moving cars). 

I attended "Black Solidarity Day" a couple weeks ago. It was pretty interesting. I participated in various workshops that basically taught me how to properly respond to racist situations. It was great. But throughout the event, I couldn't help but think, what about the white majority on campus? Shouldn't there be events on campus that educate them how not to be racist? The focus seems to be on black students and how we should adjust to the campus life around us by being "respectful" and making sure we report incidents of racial bias. We even have a "racial bias" line we can call when these incidents occur. But the focus seems to be on us and us only. If I know exactly how to respond to a racist statement, would that change the mind set of the person that said it? Most likely, no. This is why these incidents keep happening. Because the blacks on campus are being "trained" but the whites are not. When we continue to have these "blacks only" forums on campus about race, we are telling white people "This doesn't concern you! You don't have to care because this is not your fight." But racism is everyone's fight regardless if you are not the one being hurt.