To the Editor:

By now many people worldwide have seen the photo of three cheerleaders, wearing “K” for “KU” sweaters, standing side by side to spell out “KKK” — sent out on social media with the caption “Kkk go Trump.”

This racist message is not an isolated incident at KU. So is it any wonder that students of color, LGBTQ students and others are terrified and outraged these days? To call such behavior appalling is an understatement. It must be countered by substantive change in the institution.

So I am confident that my colleagues in the KU University Senate, its constituent senates, and the KU administration will heed the call from the Provost’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Advisory Group to find ways to “redistribute resources and power” within the university so that marginalized members of the campus community are brought into its center. None of us wants our institution known to the world as “KKKU.”