As the video spread far and wide, SIU Interim Chancellor Brad Colwell issued a university-wide statement, calling on students to uphold the university’s “core community values of respect for individuals, diversity and inclusion.”

“Anything less diminishes all of us,” he said. “Free speech is an important right and value. It is also important to use that right wisely and respectfully.”

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In her video, Bartlett described herself as a first-generation college student and an entrepreneur who’s trying to make it, despite significant obstacles. Though she’s all for students expressing their political views, she said the Trump meeting crossed the line.

“You could believe anything that you want to believe, but it’s the point where it gets disrespectful,” she said. “Me and my friends are the minority in this residence hall, meaning it’s a handful of us, and the rest are predominantly white. You are openly discussing racism and being racist.”

Bartlett, tears running down her cheeks, said the incident made her feel unsafe, and she worried what might happen at night.

Still, she ended her video with a clarion call: “If you’re at a predominantly … white institution, and they trying to make you feel uncomfortable, they trying to shrink you, at the end of the day all you can do is continue to be you. All you can do is never let that s--- get to you and keep being successful.”

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