This blog, recognizing that fatal shootings are standard at university homecoming events, now calls homecoming guncoming, that special time of year when young Americans gather, get excited, and do what they do when lots of them are armed.
For Tuskegee’s all-important one hundredth guncoming the other day, bang went the weapons and down went the students, faculty, alumni, and other celebrants. One dead, multiple serious injuries. And of course PLENTY of raw footage from various vantage points for you to enjoy. “The amount of bullets shot last night in Tuskegee amidst their homecoming weekend celebration is terrifying,” writes one audience member. “I couldn’t even finish the video.” (Reminder from SOS: The correct word is NUMBER, not AMOUNT.)
The world’s press is covering this latest guncoming. American rituals are so interesting.
See you next year, Golden Tigers! Crouch low.
November 12th, 2024 at 2:08AM
God damn it HBCUs. you’ve got to do better than this. If there’s an increasing risk of death at your uni sponsored events, then for god’s sake, cancel them. At some point, your insurance carrier is not going to cover the increasing risk of having you as a client. No one is getting shot and killed at English Lit, nor Linear Algebra, classes. It’s at your totally unnecessary events, such as Homecoming, that attracts violence. Create some other marketing gimmick for alumni to be true to their school.
As it is, HBCUs are battling to survive. If they cannot, that would be shameful, given their remarkable legacy of creating a literate African American community.