Black and LGBTQ+ students at the University of Edinburgh were subjected to hate after an event was interrupted with homophobic and racial slurs.
The attacked happened during an informative Zoom event, which had close to 50 people attending. The African and Caribbean Society took to Instagram to express their disappointment in the incident. “For Caribbean Week the African and Caribbean Society, in conjunction with Edinburgh Global hosted the event “Pro-Black and Anti-Gay?”.
This event spoke on the intersectionality of oppression and how we as a community, can move forward, learn to be accepting of each other and love ourselves.” “This event, however, was interrupted by bigots using abhorrent homophobic and racist slurs and threats.