On September 25th, The Queer and Trans People of Color Collective of Chapman arrived on campus to write the phrase “Black Lives Matter” in chalk and couldn’t even finish writing before PSAFE shut it down.
Here’s PSAFE’s response:
“Okay, okay, okay, did we stop QTPOCC from writing ‘Black Lives Matter’ on campus? Yes. Did we leave the Patriot Front stickers (ya know, the nazi ones) on campus a little too long? Okay, yeah, also yes. We’ve listened. We hear you. You are heard. To keep things fair and neutral, we will no longer allow any words, statements or phrases (W/S/P) to be posted anywhere on campus. This includes any W/S/P on signs, posters, nametags, tshirts, books, computer screens, chalk drawings, or nazi stickers of any kind. We will, over the course of this week, begin the process of removing each individual letter from every plaque, bulletin board and syllabus until every single W/S/P on campus is removed. Phase one will be on dewording Leatherby Libraries. Other phases will commence by the end of the month, we understand that this may be difficult to comprehend and hard to read - with these words disappearing in 30 seconds and all - but this is the ONLY way we can remain fair and neutral.”
