A Twitter account @RapedatSpelman surfaced online Monday (May 2) detailing the alleged sexual assault of a freshman student at Spelman College in Atlanta, Ga. Within a few hours, a debate about campus rape and how it’s handled, erupted online.
This is my freshmen year at Spelman and my last year because I decided to leave after what happened to me.
— Raped At Spelman (@RapedAtSpelman) May 2, 2016
I went to a party with my friends there were alot of people there and it was really fun so we decided to drink with the upperclassmen.
— Raped At Spelman (@RapedAtSpelman) May 2, 2016
surrounded by 4 Morehouse students who took me to another room and took turns raping me. I was in shock about what had happened.
— Raped At Spelman (@RapedAtSpelman) May 2, 2016
When I got to the meeting with the Dean and Public Safety they asked me what was I wearing, why did I seperate from my friends, & why was I
— Raped At Spelman (@RapedAtSpelman) May 2, 2016
in my life. I got so depressed that I wanted to take my own life and I started to self-harm. I don’t want to be at a school that does not
— Raped At Spelman (@RapedAtSpelman) May 2, 2016
Spelman has taught me to be a free thinking woman and also to be a woman who has to keep her mouths closed to protect her “brothers”.
— Raped At Spelman (@RapedAtSpelman) May 2, 2016
Getting wind of the alleged assault, Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell, president of Spelman College issued a statement via the Atlanta Journal Constitution extending support to the victim.
“We are a family at Spelman and we will not tolerate any episode of sexual violence,” she wrote. “No student should ever have to suffer and endure the experience she has recounted on social media. Spelman is conducting a full and thorough review of these events.”
Yet while many Tweeted in solidarity with the anonymous account, there were some who questioned the validity of the alleged assault, and went as far to say the allegations was an attack on the prestigious Morehouse history.
You never see a predominantly white school #RapedByYale or #RapedByHarvard but you know it happen. Stop bullshittin #RapedByMoreHouse
— Mike (@Swagg_Tronic) May 3, 2016
#RAPEDATSPELMAN raises awareness to rape culture…….. #RapedbyMorehouse is just bashing the brothers you’re asking to protect you .
— ♦ ♦ ♦ (@__Jaasmineee) May 3, 2016
However, Marc Lamont Hill, a professor at Morehouse, took to Twitter to offer some insight on the topic.
I need my Morehouse brothers and sons to understand that #rapedbymorehouse is a call to end campus rape culture, not a universal indictment.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) May 3, 2016
