Chalk talk: political erasure.

AuthorSoave, Robby
PositionPro-Trump messages on campuses - Citings - Brief article

The sudden appearance of "Trump 2016" chalk messages all over Emory University's campus caused alarm among easily offended students. Some described the scribblings as racial intimidation, others as deliberate violence. Emory's president even felt compelled to issue a statement in support of students who feared for their own safety.

Off campus, media observers wondered what all the fuss was about. "Trump 2016" is, after all, a straightforward message of political advocacy. While the drawings were numerous and violated the private university's rules on chalking, no evidence has surfaced that the perpetrator was motivated by racial animus. Nevertheless, Emory President James Wagner vowed to hunt down the responsible party.

Other universities are now dealing with their own pro-Trump microaggressions. At Scripps College in California, someone wrote "Trump 2016" on a student's white board, in a move the student body president called "intentional...

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