HBCU schools are the first to be threatened in the midst of what many on the far left call political violence. Many universities locked down the morning of Thursday, Sept. 11, each citing potential threats made against the campuses. What has caused the uproar? The assassination of Charlie Kirk.

Kirk was shot dead on Sept. 10 during a rally on Utah State University. Thousands paraded around to engage in a debate. After Kirk started the debate, a shot was fired.

The same day, some HBCUs closed, receiving shooting threats, and scheduled a safety in place order. CNN interviewed House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who said the threats are “despicable; the explosion of hateful extremism is out of control.”

Jeffries added that the Department of Justice should investigate the threats of domestic terrorism and “not turn a blind eye when Black college students are being viciously targeted,” said Jeffries.

The shooting of Charlie Kirk had nothing to do with African Americans. After Kirk was shot, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson was arrested and charged with aggravated murder. Robinson is a white male with Republican parents.

The Guardian had a formal interview with Virginia State University’s President Makola M Abdullah. “Today, Virginia State University – along with several other Historically Black Colleges and Universities – received a threat intended to disrupt, intimidate, and instill fear in our community; To those who seek to silence or scare us: we will not be intimidated.”

Targeting black universities after a conservative white man was shot down has anything to do with HBCUs and black people. The situation that produced this type of response doesn’t matter, especially when the enemy has already been chosen.

The blame placed on the African American community when anything politically striking or threatening happens has to come to an end. Those who are supremacists or extremists of any political persuasion need to be held accountable for their actions and prosecuted thoroughly.