According to Fusion.com, a Snapchat selfie surfaced Thursday of a Prairie View A&M University student, identified as Brooke Merino, appearing to wear a black sheet mask with the caption:
“When you just tryna fit in at my HBCU.”
PVPanthers.com, the PVAMU athletics website, confirmed that Brooke Merino is a Goal Keeper on the Women’s Soccer team. African American students that attend historically black colleges, specifically PVAMU, took offense to the Snapchat selfie considering the present social issues surrounding racism and the Black Lives Matter movement. To make matters worse, Merino attends one of the most prestigious HBCUs in Texas as Prairie View A&M, has an 85% African American population and 3% Caucasian population. The university has since confirmed that she is a student, and the case is now under investigation.
Merino deleted her twitter account just days after she posted the offensive selfie, but students are still speaking out on twitter about their frustration and anger toward the post.
https://twitter.com/DrTGIF/status/781565682127437824
https://twitter.com/apolishedmess/status/781951967245561856
Typing up a petition of why she doesn't belong at the best HBCU, Prairie View A&M University. https://t.co/6HVr2M9qh3
— Kirbside Assistance (@LaShayListens_) September 29, 2016
https://twitter.com/funnylikekevin/status/781553856865980416
https://twitter.com/lilblvckgirl_/status/781545003130626048
