BY CHASE SCHERR chase.scherr@go.mnstate.edu The Fargo-Moorhead community was recently shaken when racist posts and a highly-offensive Snapchat group came to light from students who attend North Dakota State University (NDSU). In response to this, the F-M area chapter of Black Lives Matter (BLM) and some members of the Black Student Union at MSUM orchestrated a march around NDSU’s campus, a protest for action to be taken on those responsible for these incidents. Students outside of NDSU Memorial Union on Friday Dec. 4. Photos by Chase Scherr. chase.scherr@go.mnstate.edu “We want justice to be served and our BIPOC community to feel safe,” representative Naomi Beske said. “We should not be seeing this kind of thing still in 2020 and as a black woman, I am tired of it.” Recently the BLM Instagram account had posted a screenshot, which featured the Snapchat group with a highly insensitive name, had posted messages stating that “they were not racist, [they] just prefer white people.” Another incident occurred when members of the group made a video of reenacting the murder of George Floyd. “Systemic racism doesn’t just happen in college, it happens everywhere you go,” Beske said. “And if we have to keep marching for our right…
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