Lynching In America

Lynching in History

The event "Symbols and History of Lynching in America” gave me an insight into the facts behind lynching in our history, along with providing impactful discussions that I couldn’t have gotten anywhere else. Before the event, I didn’t understand a variety of different aspects of lynching and other black experiences that are even present in modern day. One example is the variety of things that black individuals would get lynched for; such as attempting to vote or disregarding white privilege in any way, shape, or form. I knew that lynching occurred, just I was unaware of the specific reasons for them. Furthermore, I didn’t know that many of these lynchings were public events; families gathered for them with their young
This seemed unreal when I first heard it, and disgusting due to the fact that everyone was watching a human being tortured to their death. The part of the event when the young adults spoke in a discussion format about their experiences as a black individual, and their response to the noose incident at CSU was extremely impactful for me. As a white individual, I wasn’t aware of many of the struggles that these young adults experience in their day to day lives; such as not being sat next to in classes or struggling to voice their thoughts in group projects. The noose incident that occurred on campus is terrible, and, as many students stated, it wasn’t dealt with in the best way possible. Many black students were scared and didn’t get the support they needed from staff or other students to get through the matter. I feel that there should have been more of a message sent to other students to keep them aware of the matter, and provide a university wide awareness for the incident to ensure that these students feel safer on a campus that they call home. This incident, and event, played a key role in showing popular culture in our society. In this day and age, it seems that individuals are expressing their racists sides more due to the fact that it may seem