Is Anyone Paying Attention?

“For those who seek to tell us ‘Don’t believe your lying eyes,” while professing that we have moved beyond racism, here is yet another example of the work that remains to be done, in this state and nation, on issues of race, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).”

This was the opening line of a statement that I released last week, concerning the recent racially-charged incident on the University of Wisconsin -Whitewater campus. After learning that a swastika and slogans like “Tread or Die” and “Blood Tribe” were projected onto the front of a University of Wisconsin-Whitewater dorm, I was compelled to make my frustration with the situation known....

...We know there is a surge in hate activity and we know college campuses are being targeted. It doesn’t seem like some institutions are really paying enough attention to these trends and putting systems in place to inform the students and faculty, of potential threats before they show up at their campus door. We must do better, be more proactive and work harder to secure our campuses.