Adam McNeil, the protest’s organizer, couldn’t believe he was still encountering overt displays of racism and ignorance in 2023.

“I just thought when I saw the video that it was complete ignorance,” McNeil told CBS. “I watched and I was completely confused that we still have so much blatant racism in 2023. And then to know that the students not only made this video in mockery of Black people in Black History Month but they took the time to send it to their fellow students, which to me was the straw that broke the camel’s back.”

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