Here’s something you don’t hear about everyday…
A group of brave students from Hope College, a private Christian university in Holland, Michigan, are doing something pretty cool: They’re using social media to shine a light on the homophobia, racism, and bigotry running rampant on their campus.
#95_stories is a student-run social media campaign that allows minority students to submit anonymous one-sentence stories/remarks/confessions about their experiences dealing with bigotry directed at them by their classmates.
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“We want to change the culture and hearts,” Joshua Chun Wah Kam, spokesperson for the group, tells M Live. “I hope as people read these stories they are asking themselves some questions.”
“Am I someone that’s been hurting others? If not reflected in these stories, am I complicit? What can I do to help? How can I be an ally?”
The campaign kicked off on December 1 and will run through the end of the school year.
Scroll down to read some of the heartbreaking responses…
LGBT folk have far fewer resources on campus in the face of both sexual assault and the silent roar of the closet. Tell yours, @Hopecollege. pic.twitter.com/irBuvg2FcM
— The 95 Stories Project -Hope College (@95_stories) December 7, 2017
#95_Stories of racism and homophobia at @HopeCollege. No community without candor. Tell yours: https://t.co/g1Bmv11lhn pic.twitter.com/RMwsqTYyA7
— The 95 Stories Project -Hope College (@95_stories) December 1, 2017
Stories Racism & Homophobia at @Hopecollege. Tell yours: https://t.co/MClA2Soox1 pic.twitter.com/GSIp8cDDv0
— The 95 Stories Project -Hope College (@95_stories) December 7, 2017
Second Story of the day! #95_Stories of racism and homophobia at @HopeCollege. No community without candor. Tell yours: https://t.co/g1Bmv11lhn … pic.twitter.com/e7ihzWzaiw
— The 95 Stories Project -Hope College (@95_stories) December 1, 2017
Tell yours, @Hopecollege pic.twitter.com/XPwDpZABmL
— The 95 Stories Project -Hope College (@95_stories) December 3, 2017
And today's third story! Tell yours: https://t.co/1tzQPKIY3F pic.twitter.com/GkxeYdBb14
— The 95 Stories Project -Hope College (@95_stories) December 1, 2017
#95_Stories @Hope College. Tell yours. pic.twitter.com/GPUbCEGgtp
— The 95 Stories Project -Hope College (@95_stories) December 2, 2017
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Brody
Interesting, being that Queerty and other progressive outlets have been assuring us for decades that Jesus People are evil and want us all dead . . . so how can we possibly grasp such a concept as Christians behaving altruistically toward us?
(I have to assume Trump’s racist minions have hacked this site, for there is no other possible explanation for this whiplash-inducing reversal of ideology).
Juanjo
Honey, grow a brain before you post another word.
girldownunder
Brody. If we cannot find common ground, what will happen is exactly what IS happening: division. There cannot be this divide if we, the non-billionaires, expect to survive. Should sound dire because it its.
Take care
frankcar1965
Bastard Jesus Freaks will turn on you in a hot second. NEVER trust them.
1EqualityUSA
When chickens get their heads cut off their beaks will continue to go up and down for a spell, until the oxygen flickers away. That’s how I see these inane comments by Trump Trolls. The silence of the chickens….
Thank you, students, for standing up against bigots.
Evji108
Brody’s thinking is so twisted and convoluted that I can’t make sense out of it. Gurl’s trying too hard to make something out to f nothing.
mhoffman953
“My friend told me to get out of this country before Trump kicks me out.” – a woman of color
Only if you’ve broken the law by coming here illegally