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When institutional responses to hate feel performative

I reported antisemitic graffiti in our campus bathroom and the administration said they would look into it but three weeks later nothing has happened and new graffiti appeared.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You are learning that reporting discrimination does not guarantee meaningful action and may leave you more vulnerable to continued targeting.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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