Writing “All Lives Matter” Gets Texas Student Suspended, Sent To Diversity Workshop

A student government leader at the University of Houston was suspended for 50 days and ordered to attend a diversity seminar after she criticized the Black Lives Matter movement online. Shortly after the July 7 shooting in Dallas that killed five officers, Rohini Sethi went on Facebook and opined “Forget #BlackLivesMatter; more like AllLivesMatter.” The statement was later deleted, but only after numerous UH students denounced it as incredibly offensive or even hateful. “Just for her to say, ‘forget Black Lives Matter,’ is a punch in the stomach,” student Nala Hughes told a local press outlet at the time. Sethi serves as … Continue reading Writing “All Lives Matter” Gets Texas Student Suspended, Sent To Diversity Workshop