WAKE UP CALL

Attending a PWI as a minority at times can feel quite uncomfortable. It does not feel any better when whites consistently express their hatered towards blacks almost every year on campus. From Snapchats and flyers, to writings on the walls in the bathroom stalls -- I can go on and on, but the point is...I should not have to. I've had enough, and I feel confident enough to say that majority of the minorities on USC's campus have as well.

Today students at USC kicked off the first day of their second semester looking forward to a productive term. The last thing students were expecting to see while walking to their classes were racist flyers projecting hate:

The flyers were found posted on the second floor of Gambrell Hall, the building on campus also known as the African American studies building. The timing and location of the posters could not have been more deliberate, as they were found the day after we celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. These spiteful comments were taped on images displaying revolutionary African Americans from South Carolina.

The first poster says:

"We've endured a YEAR of Blumpf instead of enjoying one of Bernie because of your DUMB BLACK AS**S just pull the lever for whomever the party machine says to."

The second reads:

"All this bullsh** about a "King" when you simian simpletons can't even pick a candidate properly. You stupid monkeys handed Trump the White House the minute you handed Hillary the nomination!"

Now is not the time to be speechless.

Now is not the time to sit around.

NOW is the time to act.

It is time to come together.

We spend thousands of dollars each year to attend a university just to be UNCOMFORTABLE. This should be your wake up call.

The mission of Collegiate Curls is to Uplift, Empower, and Support multicultural students as they embrace their natural beauty, especially when it is sometimes not embraced at their predominately white school. Reasons above show why we work hard to pave a way for ourselves. In times like this, we make sure to work harder, we make sure that our voices our heard, and our story to be shared. Silence is consent.

If you want to know more about the details following the investigation, click on the link below:

http://www.sc.edu/uofsc/announcements/posts/2018/01/0116_incident_update.php#.Wl7R0KinHSE

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