{"id":349107,"date":"2022-12-10T08:14:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T13:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/?p=349107"},"modified":"2022-12-10T07:41:54","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T12:41:54","slug":"students-respond-to-discrimination-at-universities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/2022\/12\/10\/students-respond-to-discrimination-at-universities\/","title":{"rendered":"Students Respond to Discrimination at Universities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Over the past year, an increased awareness has been raised of discrimination in predominantly white institutions across the United States. In February 2022, five Black students at Brigham Young University named Kennethia Dorsey, Nathanael Byrd, Kylee Shepherd, Sebastian Stewart-Johnson and Rachel Weaver created a group called the \u201cBlack Menaces\u201d to address issues including racism, sexism and homophobia. These students are spreading awareness on TikTok by posting interviews of their classmates and students from other colleges discussing these issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some examples of these interview topics include the student\u2019s views on gay marriage, whether sexism exists, whether white privilege exists, and if queer students should be allowed to date on campus. The range of answers varies, but many of the responses are shocking. For example, when a BYU student was asked if white privilege exists, one student responded, \u201cI feel like in the past there has been white privilege, but I feel like there has been many movements and it\u2019s not really a thing now.\u201d The offensive responses receive strong backlash online for discrimination.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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These five students established the Black Menaces group at Brigham Young University. (Photo: Inside Higher Ed News.)
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The Black Menaces have already expanded into many different universities, and they continue to rapidly spread their influence. In a TikTok posted in August, Stewart-Johnson and Shepherd proclaim, \u201cWe are officially announcing that we\u2019re opening Menace chapters to the whole country. We want a Menace chapter at every predominately white institution and university in the country.\u201d So far, the group has expanded to UNC, Tulane, Duke and SFSU, and they have received interest to create new chapters from students at dozens of other schools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Black Menaces have grown their TikTok platform to nearly 730K followers. In one of their pinned videos, Rachel Weaver states, \u201cWe just want you to know that the point of our page is to highlight the reality of Black students and other marginalized communities, and that\u2019s the point of all of our videos.\u201d One video at a time, this group of students continues to spread awareness throughout the country by advocating for these important issues.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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