Surely, a clever hashtag campaign is enough to battle racism. Right?

The Duke Chronicle reports.

Campaigns emerge to address racism at Duke

In social media campaigns and in physical spaces on campus, some students are calling to change the way issues of race are recognized and addressed at Duke. What do you think?

A number of posts have circulated widely on social media at Duke expressing frustration and demanding change after a racist chant was purportedly directed at a student last weekend. The alleged incident occurred after other events involving the denigration of or violence against students of color on several campuses across the country. On Thursday, President Richard Brodhead and Provost Sally Kornbluth sent an email to students encouraging improvement of the racial climate on campus. Student organizations looking to address racial issues on campus have also launched initiatives to bring about specific changes to the campus environment.What do you think?

“History and precedent have shown us that instances of utter racial catastrophe happen here at Duke more often than we might like to imagine,” sophomore Henry Washington, vice president of the Black Students Alliance, wrote in an email Tuesday.What do you think?