You want to know what scares me most about the Hinds case? It's not just that one instructor was a monster. It's that the system itself didn't work.
When she tried to report—the harassment, the bathroom, the comments—the college had no process in place to handle it . Campus police kind of looked into it but didn't interview key witnesses. Nobody knew what to do. Nobody was trained for this.
I'm first-gen. My parents work at a poultry plant. They don't know Title IX from a hole in the ground. If something happened to me, who would I even call? The college settled eventually. Changed their policies. But that doesn't undo what happened to her. It doesn't give her back the semester she lost.
Here's my advice: find your Title IX office before you need it. Save the number in your phone. Know your rights. Don't assume they'll help—make sure you know how to make them help.
When she tried to report—the harassment, the bathroom, the comments—the college had no process in place to handle it . Campus police kind of looked into it but didn't interview key witnesses. Nobody knew what to do. Nobody was trained for this.
I'm first-gen. My parents work at a poultry plant. They don't know Title IX from a hole in the ground. If something happened to me, who would I even call? The college settled eventually. Changed their policies. But that doesn't undo what happened to her. It doesn't give her back the semester she lost.
Here's my advice: find your Title IX office before you need it. Save the number in your phone. Know your rights. Don't assume they'll help—make sure you know how to make them help.
