It’s been almost a month since an attacker horrified students at a UNC-Chapel Hill event hosted by Black student organizations on Aug. 31. The man used slurs and physical intimidation against students of color attending a “Love Island” watch party, sending campus into a panic.
That month has exposed some crucial fault lines on UNC’s campus — communication, race, and safety chief among them.
Students of color who were there that night were shocked that no alert was issued on Alert Carolina, the school’s emergency notification platform, to give students an update on the situation. They were disappointed again when a formal meeting between the Black Student Organization Coalition and university leadership fell through…