AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas NAACP is launching a new initiative to fight against what it calls, “unprotected hate speech,” on school campuses.
It comes, in part, after the organization’s president, Gary Bledsoe said some African American Texas State students told the NAACP they’re being harassed by other students on campus.
Last week, a former Texas State student, who is African American, was filmed mocking the killing of conservative podcaster Charlie Kirk while students mourned his death on campus.
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“What we call it is collective punishment because of something one student did and took responsibility for,” Bledsoe said. “[Now, some students feel they’re being treated as], so long as you’re a black student on the campus, you’re getting the wrath of the other students who just presume that you have certain views, that you did certain things. They tell us stories about being called the n word…Students are afraid to walk across the campuses and they are seeking to get more support from the administration.”In the current societal climate, the NAACP and its partners said there’s not enough respectful, moral and civil discourse. A new effort called, “building the beloved community,” seeks to change that…