College campuses in the United States have come under serious scrutiny after recent racial chants and cruel behaviors.
The University of Oklahoma and Penn State have been featured in the news lately over such issues.
Malcolm Bonner, center, rallied with fellow Duke students on April 1, 2015, in Durham, N.C., after a noose was discovered hanging from a tree outside a student center on campus.
Duke University is the latest school involved with a race scandal.
An undergraduate student admitted to hanging a noose in a tree. The authorities of Duke have considered disciplinary actions for such an act.
As parents and citizens of the United States, we all begin to wonder how these issues can be controlled and what the authorities are doing on campuses to handle such situations.
Even though an investigation has been conducted to find out if other students were involved in the scandal at Duke University, the question still remains: what are the consequences for the students involved?
This is becoming a problem because as a college campus we should be taking the necessary steps to ensure that everyone has the freedom to practice what they want as long as they are not hurting or harming anyone.
The world today is filled with a lot of ignorance.
Without the proper education on race, sexuality and religion people tend to take the law into their own hands and do whatever they want to other people.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity Spokesman Brandon Weghorst, left, and Executive Director Blaine Ayers spoke to the media on March 18, 2015 about the racist video made by their fraternity at the University of Oklahoma.
When a student commits such an offense they should not be suspended but rather kicked out of school for up to a year and possibly lose their scholarships with the school.
According to Duke University officials, “[They] believe that the noose was found about 2 a.m. Wednesday in the plaza outside the Bryan Center, the student commons building.”
Duke University officials plan to take drastic measures to ensure such an issue does not happen again on their campus.
With the proper education and better mentoring, the future generation looks to be more accepting of religion, race and sexuality in the world we live in today.
This situation can definitely be stopped and it starts with all of us and our ability to say we have zero tolerance for racism in America.
America was not built on racism and as a nation we can all do better because this is not who we are as Americans.
Parents are someday going to bring their children to these great universities. They will begin to wonder if bringing their children to any college is the right thing to do and how their college will impact their children’s lives in a positive way.
