I imagine by now that everyone has heard about the racist Facebook comments that a Shippensburg University student recently posted. The school was made aware, but what they asked of this white student was an apology letter.

This student's apology was anything but a letter, and the opposite of heartfelt.

So, why was this student allowed to apologize and move on? Well, enough students did not think it should be allowed either and started a petition. Suddenly, the student in question was un-enrolled from the university.

In response, students made flyers about feeling unsafe on their own college campus. So, the Social Work department decided to host a teach-in on racial injustice. Together, various majors, especially social work students, attended different sessions to learn more about the racial injustices in the world and on our campus. The teach-in discussed historical and political perspectives, taking action and the subtly of micro aggression.

Let this be a lesson for those that do not understand why black lives matter. It is because all lives do not matter in the sense of how laws are written, vulnerable populations are profiled and how dominant populations forget their privilege. Black Lives Matter is a movement that has been necessary for quite some time.