Texas Tech University’s Black Student Association is under fire after the organization tweeted that “white lives” and “blue lives” don’t matter following the police shootings of Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castle in Minnesota, according to CampusReform.
Just one day before the five police officers were fatally shot in Dallas, the Black Student Association tweeted:
“All lives don’t matter…
White lives don’t matter…
Blue Lives don’t matter…
#Black Lives Matter.”
The tweet has been deleted, but nevertheless, it outraged many Texas Tech students and alumni.
Texas Tech released a statement on Wednesday calling the tweet “not representative of the university.”
“As an institution of higher learning, Texas Tech University is dedicated to an inclusive environment for all and supports our students’ rights to freedom of expression. A recent tweet sent from a student organization account is not representative of the university or the student organization,” Texas Tech’s Office of Communication told KYFO News in Lubbock.
Chad Hasty, host of The Chad Hasty Show and a Texas Tech alumnus, expressed his anger about the tweet.
“This is the kind of crap you see on college campuses. This is the kind of stuff President Obama needs to talk about. You know you have President Obama, he’s going to hold a town hall on this, on race. This is the kind of stuff he should talk about,” Hasty said. “And I’m telling you right now, Texas Tech University, they need to do something about this. They need to get a press release, they need to get on top of this right now. Because I guarantee you, if it was any, any kind of young Republican, young conservative, college Republican, student government association that had tweeted out about Black Lives Matter, the university would take swift action.”
