Hello there! Welcome to Part One of my two-part video essay series analyzing the rhetorical moves and impact of college student movements and experiences in the  United States. For this project I am looking specifically at the #NotAgainSU movement started at Syracuse University in New York in 2019. This video will be split into two parts: Part One: An Overall History of Racist Incidents at Colleges and Universities in America and Part Two: An Overall History of #NotAgainSU from 2019 to 2021.

 

When looking specifically at the student activists of #NotAgainSU, one can see Syracuse students using social media and in-person protest to “witness and testify” against the unjust treatment of students of color who had experienced racist or discriminatory acts on campus. I firmly believe that similar to how “witnessing and testifying” was integral to civil rights and social justice in America that the key(s) to understand (de/re)constructing the academy lies within the stories or testimonies of student perceptions on their education, specifically Black students and students of color perceptions on inclusivity, culture, and campus protocols.

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This first video illustrates a timeline of events with the inception of #NotAgainSU in November 2019 until January 2020.