In America, we like to think that the days of black men being falsely accused of crimes at disproportionately high rates are behind us. Gone are the days of Tom Robinson-like figures. Now, “black lives matter,” so black due process must matter too, right?

Or does it? It didn’t a few years ago when I was falsely accused of sexual harassment by two of my fellow Savannah State University students. One morning, I got an email saying I was suspended. No further explanation. Moments later, a campuswide email alert with my photo was sent out telling students to call security immediately if they saw me. All because I had been accused, not found guilty, of sexual harassment. Just two weeks before the day I would have become the first in my family to graduate from college, I was suspended on an accusation. No questions were asked; no evidence was provided.