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The CSC Eagle Newspaper – Chadron, NE
Editorial

Keep equality in royalty roles

Eagle Staff

As reported this week, Amanda Gibbs, 23, senior of Gering, is a tri-gender member of Allies club running for homecoming king.

Allies president, Cynthia Schmidt, senior of Pender, says that she hopes the members of this community will be accepting of Gibbs’ campaign for homecoming king.

However, recent internet bullying has called into question how people truly react to diversity.

Cassidy Cambell, a 16-year-old transgender student of Marina High School in Huntington Beach was crowned Homecoming Queen on Friday night.

The comments on the Youtube video range from immensely supportive, to absolutely disgusting.

“This country is going to hell,” one user commented, another saying “Nature does not make mistakes. HE is confused and needs help.” Still others accuse Campbell of mental illness, and many use swear words to demonstrate their hate against Campbell.

This incident comes right on the cusp of the outrageous Twitter and Facebook comments regarding the crowning of Nina Davuluri, the first Miss America of Indian descent.

Many Twitter posts responded negatively to Davuluri’s crowning. Twitter users accused Davuluri of being a terrorist, accused her of not being an American, and became thoroughly racist when saying “more like Miss 7-11.”

So America still fears the unfamiliar.

Whatever happened to the melting pot? We live in a diverse society. We have multiple genders, multiple cultures, and multiple religions in our country.

So why do we still hear about this horrific hate?

Social media has promoted a rise in this hate. The fact that we can hide anonymously behind a username that allows us to post things while not expecting repercussions. Twitter has been called the website of hate, because cowards can post anonymous hatred toward another person, without thinking of how that person feels.

It is our hope that the students of Chadron State don’t jump on the hateful bandwagon, although it may be easy. Gibbs, like all the other king and queen candidates, should be met only with support and encouragement.