Mushmouth
12-02-2018, 09:46 AM
Drake University announced in a release Friday that all four notes were a hoax perpetrated by one of the alleged victims.
https://whotv.com/2018/11/30/police-say-drake-student-lied-about-one-racist-note-found-on-campus-charges-pending/
Drake Student Morgan Coleman said this problem of racism on campus goes way beyond the notes regardless of whether they were real or fake.
"After painting painted street black there's been a lot of conversations and that's the whole point. We wanted it to be a conversation piece. We wanted students to talk about it in their classrooms and to kind of get to the root of the problem," Coleman said.
She said there is still a lot of work to be done.
"Racism manifests itself in many different ways. And although I cannot speak personally, and nobody can speak personally, to the motives of either individual who sent either set of notes, I do think that it shows that white supremacy is a huge problem and we have to actively work to combat it," Coleman said.
Drake Student Alexander Peralta-Cornejo said he is frustrated that Painted Street is already chipping.
"If you're an outsider and you see that symbolic thing broken and chipped, I mean I would push it aside," Cornejo said.
https://whotv.com/2018/11/30/drake-students-react-to-findings-in-racist-letters-investigation/
https://whotv.com/2018/11/30/police-say-drake-student-lied-about-one-racist-note-found-on-campus-charges-pending/
Drake Student Morgan Coleman said this problem of racism on campus goes way beyond the notes regardless of whether they were real or fake.
"After painting painted street black there's been a lot of conversations and that's the whole point. We wanted it to be a conversation piece. We wanted students to talk about it in their classrooms and to kind of get to the root of the problem," Coleman said.
She said there is still a lot of work to be done.
"Racism manifests itself in many different ways. And although I cannot speak personally, and nobody can speak personally, to the motives of either individual who sent either set of notes, I do think that it shows that white supremacy is a huge problem and we have to actively work to combat it," Coleman said.
Drake Student Alexander Peralta-Cornejo said he is frustrated that Painted Street is already chipping.
"If you're an outsider and you see that symbolic thing broken and chipped, I mean I would push it aside," Cornejo said.
https://whotv.com/2018/11/30/drake-students-react-to-findings-in-racist-letters-investigation/