"He wasn't this national hero or politician, Alana, who is using an alias, said. He was just a white man with a loud opinion. The sentiment on the historically Black university's campus, she said, is that Kirk's rhetoric about marginalized communities was hateful and that they are being unfairly blamed for his death. In the days and weeks following Kirk's death, several HBCUs and Black students have been targeted with racist threats."
"On 23 September, a group of conservative activists made an unauthorized visit to Tennessee State University, an HBCU in Nashville. They were from the Fearless Tour, which initiates nationwide debates in Kirk's honor, and wore Make America great again hats and displayed signs that read DEI should be illegal and Deport all illegals now! Let's talk. The threats to HBCUs were on TSU junior Talia Talley's mind as she approached the group's table."
Alana, an Afro-Latina genderqueer senior at Howard University, reacted negatively to images deifying Charlie Kirk after his assassination on 10 September. Many students at historically Black colleges and universities view Kirk's rhetoric as hateful toward marginalized communities and feel unfairly blamed for his death. In the weeks after the killing, several HBCUs and Black students received racist threats, journalists lost jobs, and students of color faced disciplinary action for expressions about his death. Conservative activists from the Fearless Tour visited Tennessee State University on 23 September, prompting confrontations and their removal by campus security.
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