Dear members of the Wake Forest University community,
Racial inequality, the display of the Confederate flag by some southern states and recent tragedies across the country have received national attention during the past year.
Our campus, like many college campuses, has expressed outrage at these events and we all want to understand how such events could occur 147 years after the 14th Amendment to the Constitution was adopted. Some of the debate on our campus was ignited a year ago after our fraternity cancelled a party that was viewed by many as racially insensitive.
Fortunately, this incident led to the open expression of student views and on-going conversations among students and faculty.